add folder to github command line
# 1) Create a new repository on GitHub. # To avoid errors, do not initialize the new repository with README, license, or gitignore files. You can add these files after your project has been pushed to GitHub. # 2) Open Terminal. # 3) Change the current working directory to your local project. # 4) Initialize the local directory as a Git repository. $ git init # 5) Add the files in your new local repository. # This stages them for the first commit. $ git add . # 6) Adds the files in the local repository and stages them for commit. # To unstage a file, use 'git reset HEAD YOUR-FILE'. # Commit the files that you've staged in your local repository. $ git commit -m "First commit" # 7) 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. # 8) At the top of your GitHub repository's Quick Setup page, click to copy # the remote repository URL. # 9) Copy remote repository URL field # 10) In Terminal, add the URL for the remote repository where your local repository will be pushed. $ git remote add origin **remote repository URL** # Sets the new remote $ git remote -v # Verifies the new remote URL # 11) Push the changes in your local repository to GitHub. $ git push -u origin main # Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository you specified as the origin
