# Node red projects feature
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678
**Category:** General
**Created:** [7 June 2018 19:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678 "2018-06-07T19:00:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@echtelerp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/echtelerp)
#### Post date: [7 June 2018 19:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/1 "2018-06-07T19:00:21Z")
Hi there,
As I use node red within quite a couple of devices already I’m looking for a good guide, how to setup node-red projects, with github.
And somehow my regular info source YouTube let me down on this. However, does anyone have a good tutorial, how to setup the feature from scratch?
Thanks in advance
Philipp
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [7 June 2018 19:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/2 "2018-06-07T19:43:48Z")
Some good info (including a video) via the blog - [https://nodered.org/blog/2018/01/31/version-0-18-released](https://nodered.org/blog/2018/01/31/version-0-18-released)
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### Author:  [@echtelerp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/echtelerp)
#### Post date: [7 June 2018 19:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/3 "2018-06-07T19:49:05Z")
Thanks for the link, I’ll check it out 🙂
I don’t know, why YouTube did not find that. Probably me typing the wron search request 🙂
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### Author:  [@echtelerp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/echtelerp)
#### Post date: [12 June 2018 17:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/4 "2018-06-12T17:22:07Z")
Hi Dceejay,
I followed the video. Thanks for the link.
One thing I was missing in the video: how to create a new empty repository with node red flows.
Not cloning a repository but how to start from scratch.
I was able to try and error it out.
basically I made everything the same till the setup of the git remote. For the remote I created a new GitHub repository.
then, when the last “new button” appears according tho the video, (arrow up arrow down button)… when I tried to push the code, it asked me for a branch… I just typed master and whoops, it worked 🙂
maybe this could be part of a how to if you ever do one again, otherwise, if someone else has similar problems here is now the hint 🙂
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### Author:  [@Goofy2k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Goofy2k)
#### Post date: [29 June 2018 19:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/5 "2018-06-29T19:43:04Z")
I am also stuck with the remote part.
Everything works fine. I can create projects, create branches etc. But I don’t see any effect in my Github account when I commit changes to a project.
I’m going to follow the video and try to grasp what you diff, echtelerp. Keep you posted…
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### Author:  [@Goofy2k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Goofy2k)
#### Post date: [29 June 2018 20:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/6 "2018-06-29T20:59:44Z")
I have been struggling around. I really could use some help.
A step-wise description on creating a new project, with a remote would help!
As I don’t have existing repositories with nodered flows cloning does not work for me.
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### Author:  [@echtelerp](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/echtelerp)
#### Post date: [30 June 2018 18:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/7 "2018-06-30T18:16:00Z")
Hi Goofy2k,
Where did you get stuck?
did you create an empty GitHub repository?
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### Author:  [@Goofy2k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Goofy2k)
#### Post date: [30 June 2018 19:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/8 "2018-06-30T19:15:49Z")
Hi, thanks for your reply.
I created an empty repository and copied the SSH related URL into the Git remotes field in the NR Project\>Settings tab.
In the NR Settings \> Git config tab I added an SSH key, which I then copied into the Github User settings \> SSH and GPG tab. Then, in the Settings \> Deploy keys of the empty repository I pressed the Add Deploy Key knob and added the created key.
When I make some changes to my flow I see that flow.json has changed. I can commit the changes locally. When I go to the commit history, I see a knob with Branch: master and a knob with the two arrows. When I press the two arrows a pop-up appears, stating “Your local branch is not currently tracking a remote branch”. When I press on the branch field, I get a red pop up with: " An unexpected error ocurred. “Error: Host key verification failed. fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.”
Somewhere in the process in creating the SSH key I marked a field that there should be read/write rights.
I tried this over and over, but don’t know how to get on.
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### Author:  [@Goofy2k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Goofy2k)
#### Post date: [3 July 2018 17:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/9 "2018-07-03T17:36:04Z")
In the video a method is described to clone an existing repository. I tried to do this for the example project shown. But then I hit on the problem that I don’t have the passkey for the credentials.
For someone who is new, like me, it would probably be nice if there would be a description of how to start a project from scratch (create a New project), OR, to have an example project with the relevant passkey(s) available for cloning.
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### Author:  [@dexterlabora](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dexterlabora)
#### Post date: [25 March 2019 15:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/10 "2019-03-25T15:37:22Z")
Just to add an FYI..
I struggled with this for days until I realized that my Github account has 2FA enabled. This means I should have been using an [Access Token](https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line) instead of my normal github account password. Unfortunately, there was no feedback from the Node-RED editor and it just accepted my regular password and silently fail. It wouldn't sync or display any warnings/errors.
.. but it works now 🙂
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### Author:  [@simonk83](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/simonk83)
#### Post date: [18 April 2019 23:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-projects-feature/678/11 "2019-04-18T23:14:37Z")
> [@echtelerp](#):
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> then, when the last “new button” appears according tho the video, (arrow up arrow down button)… when I tried to push the code, it asked me for a branch… I just typed master and whoops, it worked
I had this same problem and was stumbling around for quite a while until I found your comment and tried that. I suppose I just assumed that once you added your keys and the remote branch details it would know the branch name, but clearly not 🙂
The one other thing that got me into trouble is the ssh link you copy from github starts with git@, however the dialog in the add remote section suggests prefixing it with ssh://, which I did of course, but it doesn't actually want that at all 🙂
