Adding an existing project to GitHub using the command line

Adding an existing project to GitHub using the command line


https://help.github.com/articles/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line/


1- Create a new repository on GitHub or your Git Server
https://github.com/path/name.git

2- Open Git Bash.

3- Change the current working directory to your local project.

4- run 

$ git init


5- Add the files in your new local repository. This stages them for the first commit.
$ git add .
# Adds the files in the local repository and stages them for commit. 
To unstage a file, use 'git reset HEAD YOUR-FILE'.


6- Commit the files that you've staged in your local repository.
$ git commit -m "First commit"
# Commits the tracked changes and prepares them to be pushed to a remote repository. To remove this commit and modify the file, use 'git reset --soft HEAD~1' and commit and add the file again.


before the commit above, you may set your mail and name. 
git config user.email "your-email@a.com" 
git config user.name "u-name"



7- At the top of your GitHub repository's Quick Setup page, to copy the remote repository URL


8- In the Command prompt, add the URL for the remote repository where your local repository will be pushed.
$ git remote add origin-github remote-repository-URL
# Sets the new remote
$ git remote -v
# Verifies the new remote URL


9- Push the changes in your local repository to GitHub.
$ git push origin master

# Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository you specified as the origin