How to Clone/Copy Existing Code to New Code Repo in Git? Clone Existing repo to new directory $git clone git@github.com:org/old-repo.git C:\GitHub\code-cov-test go to code-cov-test dir $cd ../code-cov-test Remove old repo git $rm -rf .git #if this command doesn't work go to directory and remove .git file which is hidden Do git initialization $git init Add all files to git $git add . Commit the local changes $git commit -m "Initial Commit" Add new repo as remote if repo not present create new repo $git remote add origin git@github.com:org/code-cov-test.git Push the code to new repo in GitHub $git push -u origin master