After adding existing git repo to github.com, not visible from inside github.com

Question

I added a local existing git repo to github.com as a remote via the command

% git remote add origin https://github.com/username/synchm.git

and confirmed it with

% git remote -v
origin  https://github.com/username/synchm.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/username/synchm.git (push)

However when I log into github.com/username the new repository is not visible, not even after and hour.

I tried entering

https://github.com/username/synchm.git

but it redirected to

https://github.com/username/synchm.git

and returned a 404.

What's going on?

Read this help.github.com/en/articles/…. Think this article will help you — Smbat Poghosyan
– Smbat Poghosyan, Commented Jun 20, 2019 at 11:20

ikkentim · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-20 11:22:27Z

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You must create the repository trough the github website and then push your local.

What you're doing is merely telling your local git configuration where the origin remote is located.

After creating the repository on github and setting the origin remote you still need to push your local branch before it will be visible on github. git push origin master (replace master with your current branch name).

answered Jun 20, 2019 at 11:22

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Craig Hicks Over a year ago

You are exactly right. As a point of interest only, creating on the github side is apparently also possible though github API, e.g. using curl as shown in (this answer)[stackoverflow.com/a/56099606/4376643].

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