My First GitHub Project: From a Local Folder to GitHub Using Git and SSH

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This tutorial guides on how to push your local projects to Github using Git and SSH.

The prerequisite steps are:

Installed and configured Git using your user name and email.
Set up your Github account.
Generated and added your public ssh key to your Github.
Tested your ssh connected and make sure it is successful.
Created a local project with Readme file, data ,scripts and notebooks where applicable.

Step 1: Project Initialization With Git

Open gitbash terminal.

Before initialization, ensure your location(which is at the end of the path) is the project folder you intend to push.
Run:
pwd which stands for print working directory. Working directory is the folder you are currently in.
You can move to intended directory using the cd command.
To initialize the folder as a Git repo(repository) run:
git init

This will appear:

Also check for git's hidden files by running: ls -la You should see .git among files. .git folder acts as the git memory.

To check the current status of your working directory and staging area run:
git status

Because it is a new project, the files are untracked.

To prepare our project files for the next commit you run:
git add .

To save any changes to your project files run:
git commit -m "----"
Inside the quotes, write a message that explains what was saved.
See example:

Always ensure that the branch is main.

Sign in to your github account.
Create a new repo- should be empty.
Fill in new repo form then click on create(Repo name, description and choosing either public or private, the rest you can skip).
Click on ssh then copy ssh address.

Ensure location is still project folder.
To link your local git repository to your github repository run: git remote add origin **the_copied_ssh_address**
To confirm that Git can send and receive information from the correct github repo run: git remote -v .
To push your project run: git push -u origin main This means that git has sent any commited changes to your github repository.
Confirm your project has been pushed to github by refreshing the page.

Good Work!