GitHub – Upload Files via Web Interface

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My question related to the Github.com web interface only. Similar to this question (Create a folder in GitHub via the web interface), is it possible to upload files to a GitHub repository using only the web interface?

I want to upload some jar files to a repository but I am currently using my work PC, where I cannot install any programs.

Best Answer

As of 2016 February you can use the new upload files feature.

You’ll soon be able to skip the command line and upload files directly to your repositories without having to leave the browser. Repository uploads will be rolling out over the next few days, so if you can’t upload yet, sit tight.

You can click the “Upload files” button in the toolbar at the top of the file tree.

Or, you can drag and drop files from your desktop onto the file tree.

Or, you can drag and drop files from your desktop onto the file tree.

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Once you’ve added all the files you want to upload, you can commit them directly to your default branch or create a new branch and open a pull request. This will look familiar if you’ve used the “New file” button before.

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Related Solutions

GitHub – Edit Code Directly Using SSH

Git relies on the fact that SSH allows you to execute commands on a remote server.

If you run a command like git clone tom@github.com:username/repo, what Git is doing behind the scenes is SSHing to github.com, authenticating as the tom user, and then remotely executing git upload-pack username/repo. Now your client can talk to that process on the remote server by simply reading and writing over the SSH connection.

Of course, allowing arbitrary execution of commands is unsafe, so SSH includes the ability to restrict what commands can be executed. In a very simple case, you can restrict execution to git-shell which is included with Git. All this script does is check the command that you’re trying to execute and ensure that it’s one of git upload-pack, git receive-pack, or git upload-archive.

So the syntax is:

ssh git@<route> <command> <arg>

For instance:

$ ssh git@github.com "git-upload-pack username/repo.git"
$ ssh git@github.com "git-receive-pack username/repo.git"

So to answer to your question, you can't edit the code over ssh, but you can upload your changes if you know the right syntax.

Debugging

If you would like to trace which commands are sent to the git server, follow your git command by GIT_TRACE=1 i.e.:

GIT_TRACE=1 git clone git@github.com:username/repo.git

or (Git 2.3.0+):

GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -vv" git clone git@github.com:username/repo.git

Or for the hardcode mode, use strace like:

strace -f -s200 -e execve git clone git@github.com:username/repo.git

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How to Update a GitHub Repo Fork via Web Interface

You can try and reverse how pull requests happen.

Go to your fork
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.