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Importing existing repo into git

The requirement is to importing an existing Git repository into another target git server. The solution comes from here.

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# 1. In the target git server, create the repo from web UI, record the
# repo URL.
# 2. In your local git repo, run the following command to add the new
# remote target repo URL.
git remote add gitlab url-to-gitlab-repo
# 3. Push the code in the local master branch to the target remote git repo.
git push gitlab master

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