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# Initialize a Git project locally

   ▪ If we have already an existing project locally, we can initialize a git repository with "git init" .Then we can push it to GitLab/GitHub/...

```bash
git init # This creates a hidden folder, .git, which contains the plumbing needed for Git to work.
```

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