How to Push Files to Bitbucket Repositories

Quick summary

This tutorial walks you through the exact Git commands needed to push files to a Bitbucket repository from your local terminal. Follow each step to initialize a repo, stage your files, commit changes, and push them to Bitbucket using the command line.

Steps

1. Inside the terminal, click the command line and type "git init" to initialize a new local repository.
2. Type "git remote add origin" and paste the link to your Bitbucket repository at the end to connect your local repo to the remote.
3. Type the command "git add ." to stage all files you want to push to the selected Bitbucket repository.
4. Run "git status" to verify that all files have been correctly added and staged before proceeding.
5. Type "git commit -m" followed by a short descriptive note enclosed in quotation marks to commit your changes with a message.
6. Type "git push origin master" to push your committed files to the remote Bitbucket repository.
7. After completing these steps, your selected local files will be successfully pushed to Bitbucket and visible in your repository.