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I want to add a new folder to my newly created GitHub repository without installing the windows setup. Is it possible to do so? I have gone through help which is saying to execute some commands to create a folder but I don't know where to write those commands.
I can't install a Windows setup because my office PC is restricted.
I know how to add files using the web app interface but not folders.
You can try and reverse how pull requests happen.
Issue a Pull Request
By default this will be your fork on the right (head repo) requesting to push its commits and changes to the original repo (base repo) on the left.
Click the drop down for both base repo and head repo and select each other's repos.
You want yours listed on the left (accepting changes) while the original repository is on the right (the one with changes to push). As illustrated in this image:
Send the pull request
If your fork has not had any changes, you should be able to automatically accept the merge.
If your code somehow conflicts or is not quite clean enough, then this will not work to update via the GitHub web interface and you will need grab the code and resolve any conflicts on your machine before pushing back to your fork.
You can delete a file using delete button but you cannot directly delete a folder via the web-interface. The way to delete a folder from GitHub.com is to delete every file inside it.
Best Answer
It is possible to create a new folder from the web interface, but it would require you to have at least one file within the folder when creating it.
When using the normal way of creating new files through the web interface, you can type in the folder into the file name to create the file within that new directory.
E.g. If I would like to create the file filename.md in a series of subfolders, I can do this (taken from the GitHub Blog):