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Import Github Repository In Azure Devops






Steps




  1. Go to project settings.
  2. Go to "GitHub connections".
    3. Picture showing the Github connections menu for setting up the connection of Azure Devops and Github
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  3. A screen will appear on the right side.
  4. Click on the button "Connect your GitHub account".
    5. Picture showing the first screen when clicks on the Github connections menu
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  5. A screen will come where you are authorizing Azure DevOps to access your GitHub account.
    6. Picture showing the authorize screen to access github when user clicks on Connect your GitHub account
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  6. Once you authorize, another screen will come to enter the password.
    7. Picture showing the screen to enter the github password
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  7. Once the user is authenticated, you can see the GitHub repository.
    8. Picture showing the list of repository in the github account
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  8. Click on the "Save" button. Once you click the button, one more screen will come to authorize and install.
    9. Picture showing the screen to authorize the azure boards to access Github repository
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  9. A connection is established.
    10. Picture showing the connection set up between the github repository and Azure Boards
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  10. Import the repository, click on the "Import repository".
    11. Picture showing the import repository option for importing the repository files on the Azure Boards
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  11. A docked window will appear on the right side. Enter the GitHub URL and click on the "Import" button.
    12. Picture showing the screen to import the github repository to the Azure Boards
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  12. The repository will be imported in Azure DevOps.
    13. Picture showing the github repository imported in the Azure Boards
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Perform Operations On Your Local Machine




  1. Click on the "Clone" button.
    2. Picture showing the clone button for clonning the imported repository to the Azure Boards
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  2. A window will appear to show the repository URL.
    3. Picture showing the screen to clone the repository in the Azure Boards
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  3. Open the "Git Bash" application.
  4. Inside the "Git Bash" application, go to the path where you want to clone the repository.
  5. Use the following 2 commands.
    6. cd c:/temp/repo
git clone https://GSorg21@dev.azure.com/GSorg21/second/_git/myrepo.git


    Picture showing the git bash screen for executing the git clone command
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  6. The files are copied on the local machine.
    7. Picture showing the files downloaded on the local machine after the git clone command is executed on the git bash
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  7. Now, create the file "a.txt" and enter text in it.
    8. Picture showing a new file added in the local folder
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  8. Use the following three commands.
    9. cd myrepo
git add .
git commit -m “added a.txt”


    Picture showing the git bash for executing the commit command
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  9. In case you face any issue, you can execute the following commands.
    10. git config --global http.proxy ProxyUrlOrIP.com:8080
git config --global --unset http.proxy


    Picture showing executing the git config --global http.proxy ProxyUrlOrIP.com:8080 command in git bash
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  10. Perform the git push operation using the following command.
    11. git push


    Picture showing the execution of git push command
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  11. Changes are pushed to the Azure DevOps repository.
    12. Picture showing the list of commits in the Azure Boards
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Posted By  -  Karan Gupta
 
Posted On  -  Tuesday, May 4, 2021

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