# Chapter 6 - Creating a New Project

## Setting up the Project

### SF Cli Project

1. Open VSCode and navigate to the folder where you want to create the Project - presumably `somefolder/sfdx_projects` or equivalent
2. Use CTRL+SHIFT+P to open the VSCode Command Panel and type SFDX, then select `SFDX:Create Project`[![image-1747666376973.png](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/image-1747666376973.png)](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/image-1747666376973.png)
3. Select `empty` then type the name of your project and type Enter.
4. This will create a new SF Project. VS Code will ask if you want to open the folder - say yes.
5. You should now have the VScode Project open.
6. Select the Source tracking tab of VS Code and click "Initialize Repository"[![image-1747666402096.png](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/image-1747666402096.png)](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/image-1747666402096.png)
7. Go to Bitbucket and create a repository.[![image-1747666544493.png](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/image-1747666544493.png)](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/image-1747666544493.png) Make it "empty" and refuse to add a GitIgnore.
8. Copy the URL given by Bitbucket in the format `<a href="https://MYNAME@bitbucket.org/MYWORSPACE/MYREPO.git">https://MYNAME@bitbucket.org/MYWORSPACE/MYREPO.git</a>` which should be displayed in the screen.
9. Select the three dots at the top right of the leftmost panel, then click "Add Remote"[![image-1747666472757.png](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/image-1747666472757.png)](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/image-1747666472757.png)
10. Paste the URL, select "Add Remote from URL". When asked for the remote name, type `origin `then press enter.
11. At the bottom right, click yes on "Run Fetch periodically".[![image-1747666788937.png](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/image-1747666788937.png)](https://wiki.sfxd.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/image-1747666788937.png)
12. run `git push --set-upstream origin main` in the VSCode Terminal to sync your local and remote branches.

### Fetch your Salesforce Metadata

1. Login to your Salesforce org. This can be done using CTRL+SHIFT+P `Authorize an Org`, or running `sf org login web --alias MyOrg` in the terminal where MyOrg is the name you want to give to the org.
2. Run `sf project retrieve start --target-org MyOrg --ignore-conflicts --wait 20`
3. Commit the state of the project and push

### Continue working