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Asked: 2026-05-28T05:13:38+00:00

In BitBucket if I try and create a repository into an existing folder I

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In BitBucket if I try and create a repository into an existing folder I get an error complaining that it is not an empty directory. If I go into an empty folder it complains that it is an empty folder.

What are the steps involved in adding an existing project already in development to a repo using Git and BitBucket?

The quick-start steps are obviously not quite right on the BitBucket page:

$ git clone git@bitbucket.org:myname/myproject.git
...
$ git pull                  # to fetch changes
$ git push -u origin master # to push changes for the first time
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  1. Editorial Team

    Instead of cloning, you have to:

    git init .   # in your project repo
git remote add origin git@bitbucket.org:myname/myproject.git
git push -u origin master  # assuming it is a newly created repo on BitBucket
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