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title: Moving existing package contents into git
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You have an existing package in your system that you want to copy to a new git repository,

![](img/existing_package.png)

Initialize the git repository, make sure it is not emtpy,

![](img/existing_repo.png)

In abapGit, clone the repository,

![](img/existing_clone.png)

The existing objects will show up in the worklist making it possible to commit the objects to the git repository,

![](img/existing_result.png)