title: How to add parent directory to git repo
body: <p>I am brand new to git so go easy. I have a project with the following structure:</p>
  
  <pre><code>~/proj
  ~/proj/dir1
  ~/proj/dir2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I created a git repo (on Bitbucket) and I want to import all of proj/ into the repo (including proj). What is the right way to do this? All instructions I find tell you to <code>cd proj/; git init . ; git add *;</code> This will add each of the subdirectories (dir1, dir2) to the repo but does not add proj. How do I add proj and it's subdirectories? </p>
  
  <p>I was always able to do this in subversion but can't figure it out with git. Ideally when someone clones the project they will get proj/ and all of its subdirectories. </p>