HOW TO - Connect to DevOps Uninitialized Git Repository (git remote add origin to uninitialized repo)

Question

I am creating a Project with git on DevOps using API. By default DevOps creates a git repository with same same name as project. I already have a project on my local machine and want to connect to that git repo and push it there.

How can I do that? Please help.

P.S. : I have to do it programmatically with C# code.

Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

Short answer

You have to add the proper git remote, found on the initial project repo page.

Longer answer

After creating a new project, the repo page looks like this:

The second block contains the code for getting adding existing repo from command line. Let's say I have this local folder at C:\work\githubtest and just follow the commands above. For the example I'm showing above the red rectangle:

• what is in the folder; README-local.MD
• what I committed; the file above

The suggested commands from the rectangle and the screenshot are:

git remote add origin https://yourorg@dev.azure.com/yourorg/GithubTest/_git/GithubTest
git push -u origin --all

The result

In C#

So, your question is how to do this programmatically, in C#? Well the part of the git command is asked and answered here This could look in your example something like:

string directory = ""; // directory of the git repository

using (PowerShell powershell = PowerShell.Create()) {
    // this changes from the user folder that PowerShell starts up with to your git repository
    powershell.AddScript($"cd {directory}");

    powershell.AddScript(@"git remote add origin https://yourorg@dev.azure.com/yourorg/GithubTest/_git/GithubTest");
    powershell.AddScript(@"git push -u origin --all");

    Collection<PSObject> results = powershell.Invoke();
}