Using the command line to import source code

You can use command line tools to import source code and its revision history to GitHub.

If your code is stored locally on your computer and is tracked by Git or not tracked by any version control system (VCS), you can import the code to GitHub using GitHub CLI or Git commands.

If your Git repository is stored on a code hosting service that is not accessible from the public internet, you can import the repository using Git on the command line.

You can import a repository from Subversion by converting the repository to Git, then pushing the Git repository to GitHub.

You can import a repository from Mercurial by converting the repository to Git, then pushing the Git repository to GitHub.

You can import a repository from Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) by converting the repository to Git, then pushing the Git repository to GitHub.