GitHub Cookbook

Create a new repo on GitHub

• Sign in
• Top Right > user name > plus sign drop down > Create New... > New Repository
• Enter a name

Create a new local repo from the command line

touch README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git remote add origin https://github.com/dbarchowsky/damienjay_web.git
git push -u origin master

Push an existing repo from the command line

git remote add origin https://github.com/dbarchowsky/damienjay_web.git
git push -u origin master

See Also

• Setting Up a Remote GIT Repository on Windows Server
• Using Git With Namecheap Web Hosting