Question

Noob here….

I cloned a git and then created a new branch in it. I just want to add an existing (Android) project to my newly created branch. Dunno why, but I’m a bit confused as to how to add the files to this branch. I know the basic syntax is “git add FILENAME”, but do I have to add all of the files from this android project into the new branch folder in order to be able to add them to the branch?

Basically, I just want to add an entire project that I have in a totally separate folder on my computer into this branch. Help me? 🙂

Answer 1

you just add them all that’s what i do when i import trees into git

you’ve done:

git branch some_name_here

then do:

git checkout some_name_here

then add them:

git add some/file oh/another/over/here
git commit -m "Added small android project"

although normally separate projects call for separate repositories, but if these two things are really variants of the same concept then placing them in branches makes sense