add cloned gits to personal Gitlab

Question

I own a Gitlab account. In a running repository I have cloned projects from github but on git add . they won't be tracked. How do I add cloned projects to my Gitlab account?

git branch -vva

* master                c9ef011 [origin/master] te
  remotes/origin/master c9ef011 te

Answer 1

Once you initialize a project in GitLab, you'll see a page like this:

The important part is adding the remote:

git remote add gitlab git@mygitlaburl:namespace/myproject.git

You'll need to add your public key by clicking on Profile Settings > SSH Keys > Add SSH Key.

Here are complete instructions: How To Use the GitLab User Interface To Manage Projects

UPDATE:

Your problem is explained here: Git repository within Git repository, which links to here: Nested GIT repo gotchas!

Answer 2

A convenient option if you have many repos is to mass import:

• go to the directory of a namespace (user or group), e.g. /home/git/repositories/username
• get the bare repo: git clone --bare http://github.com/me/project. The created repo will end in .git and this is required.
• run bundle exec rake gitlab:import:repos RAILS_ENV=production. The GitLab projects will get automatically created on the datbase for you under the user username.