Git commands for transferring data from GDrive to GitHub

GDrive-to-GitHub.md

Execute the following commands on Colab

Add a new repo on GitHub

Suppose it's named MY_REPO

Set the GitHub user email

!git config --global user.email '<USER_EMAIL>'

Set the GitHub user name

!git config --global user.name '<USER_NAME>'

Clone the repo from GitHub to Colab

!git clone https://<USER_NAME>:<ACCESS_TOKEN>@github.com/<USER_NAME>/<MY_REPO>

Copy all files from a directory in GDrive to Colab

!cp -R {SOURCE_DIR} /content/<MY_REPO>

Enter the directory for the local repo

%cd <MY_REPO>

Add all files

!git add --all

Check changes to be committed (optional)

!git status

Commit changes

!git commit -m ''

Push to GitHub

!git push