Setting Up a Git Repository

Steps

Use the cd command to switch to your project directory, making it the current working directory.
Enter git init to create an empty repository.
Enter git add . to copy your project files into the repository.
Enter git commit -m "Initial commit" to commit all the files.

Use command-line commands to set up a Git repository for an existing project.

// Step 1

$ cd /Users/me/sample_code/Sketch

// Step 2

$ git init

Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/me/sample_code/Sketch/.git/

// Step 3

$ git add .

// Step 4

$ git commit -m "Initial commit"

[master (root-commit) 173067e] Initial commit

...

 74 files changed, 10198 insertions(+)

 create mode 100644 .DS_Store

 create mode 100644 Arrow.tiff

 create mode 100644 Circle.tiff

 create mode 100644 Cross.tiff

 create mode 100644 Draw2App.icns

 create mode 100644 Draw2File.icns

 create mode 100644 English.lproj/Draw2.nib/classes.nib

...

 create mode 100644 Sketch.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/ernest.xcuserdatad/xcdebugger/Breakpoints.xcbkptlist

 create mode 100644 Sketch.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/ernest.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/Sketch.xcscheme

 create mode 100644 Sketch.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/ernest.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/xcschememanagement.plist

 create mode 100644 TextGraphic.tiff

To set up a repository for an existing project, you have to use the command-line shell implemented by the Terminal utility app.