How to upload an entire folder?

[Shinehah-Gnolaum]

I clicked on my repo in a browser, then I clicked on Upload Files. I would like to upload an entire folder so that GitHub would preserve the hierarchy of the files and folders in my folder, but I am not able to select folders to be uploaded. How would I upload an entire folder of an XCode project?

[lee-dohm]

There isn't a way to upload an entire folder through the web UI. The easiest way to do that would be to:

1. Clone the repository locally
2. Make the changes to the local version
3. Commit the changes locally
4. Push the changes back up to the GitHub repository

You can find out more information about this process in our help documentation. Let us know if you have any questions.

[ra-hulgupta · Accepted solution]

you should just try to drag and drop your entire folder in the webui and it will upload whole folder.

[nadiajoyce]

Wanted to confirm here, that dragging and dropping a folder into the Web UI will now, indeed, create that folder in (and upload the files within it to) your GitHub repo. See: https://help.github.com/articles/adding-a-file-to-a-repository/ for more info.

[Siva-TN]

I have tried to upload a folder with drag and drop option but it's not working. So can you please suggest me how to upload an entire folder?

[nadiajoyce]

@Siva-TN Is the repo you're trying to upload the folder to public? If so, can you share the link to it? Also, what file formats are contained in the folder you're trying to upload? 

[MateLaszloToth]

Or use command line:

cd into the directory where your folder is located

type:

git init
git add <folder1> <folder2> <etc.>
git commit -m "Your message about the commit"
git remote add origin https://github.com/yourUsername/yourRepository.git
git push -u origin master
git push origin master

[zohaibaamer766]

how to set path format in git add <folder>

[silent1eye]

I have tried to drag the folder but it shows folder contains more than 100 files, try with less number of files, is there another way to do so?, i have nearly train_data images in my folder.

[veskoaleksandrov]

Didn't work  in FF. GC worked fine though...