🚀 Steps to Add a Local Repository to GitHub Using Git

• Authenticate to GitHub on the command line
  • Before pushing your local repository, you must authenticate using your GitHub credentials.
  • Learn more: About authentication to GitHub
• Create a new repository on GitHub
  • Go to GitHub → New Repository.
  • Do not initialize the repository with a README, license, or .gitignore file — these can be added later after pushing your local project.
  • Reference: Creating a new repository
• Copy the remote repository URL
  • On the repository’s Quick Setup page, click the copy icon next to the URL to copy it to your clipboard.
  • (You’ll use this URL in the next command.)
• Open Git Bash
  • Launch Git Bash on your computer.
• Navigate to your local project directory
  • Use the cd command to switch to the folder containing your local repository.cd path/to/your/project
• Add the remote repository URL
  • Run the following command to link your local repo to the remote GitHub repo:git remote add origin REMOTE-URL
  • Replace REMOTE-URL with the actual GitHub repository URL you copied earlier.
  • More info: Managing remote repositories
• Verify the remote connection
  • Confirm that the remote URL is set correctly by running:git remote -v
• Push your local repository to GitHub
  • Upload your local files to the GitHub repository using:git push origin main
  • If your default branch is named something other than main (e.g., master or dev), replace main with your branch name.
  • Learn more: About branches