title: Why does git complain about an empty repository or a folder with existing files?
body: <p>In BitBucket if I try and create a repository into an existing folder I get an error complaining that it is not an empty directory. If I go into an empty folder it complains that it is an empty folder.</p>
  
  <p>What are the steps involved in adding an existing project already in development to a repo using Git and BitBucket?</p>
  
  <p>The quick-start steps are obviously not quite right on the BitBucket page:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ git clone git@bitbucket.org:myname/myproject.git
  ...
  $ git pull                  # to fetch changes
  $ git push -u origin master # to push changes for the first time
  </code></pre>