In this article we will see the steps to add an existing folder to git

• Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one

  git init
  

• Add file contents to the index

  git add .
  

• Commit changes to the repository

  git commit -m "initial commit"
  

• Add a remote

  git remote add origin <remote-repo-url>
  

• Show URLs of remote repositories

  git remote -v
  

• Push the changes to remote repo

  git push -f origin master