I am pretty new to programing/git and am trying to learn best practice. If I have a repo I created on my computer, what is the best way to make that a repo on github.
I have been creating on github for the most part and would like to know what the practice would be if I wanted/needed to do it in reverse.
Thanks.
You need to create repository on GitHub first. To avoid confusion create it with the same name you already have to your repository.
Change the current working directory
cd project_folder Assuming you have initialized your repository and committed some files using:
git init git add . git commit -m "First commit" Copy the newly created repository URL and add remote using this command:
git remote add origin remote_repository_URL push to remote repository
git push origin master # master here is your branch Follow this link for detailed steps
Remember that before pushing your repository to GitHub you need to commit your changes:
git commit -m "My last changes" Then you need to create empty project on GitHub without readme nor gitignore file.
To send your code to github you shall add remote(which is your empty github project) to your local repository:
git remote add origin <github project url> At last you should push your state of repository to remote:
git push origin master 