Guide: Pushing a Directory from Linux Shell to Github

1. Create a directory:

mkdir <folder-name>

2. Go inside the directory:

cd <folder-name>

3. You can create a README file:

touch README.md

4. Initializes that directory as a Git repository by creating a .git subdirectory that contains all the necessary Git metadata for the repository:

git init

5. Staging all changes in the current directory for the next commit:

git add .

6. Commit with a message:

git commit -m "your message"

7. In your Github account, create a new empty repository and copy the URL.
8. Add the Github repository URL as a remote repository to your local repository(your directory):

git remote add origin <URL>

9. Connect to Github using SSH:

• Generate SSH key:

  ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "<your_email@example>.com"
  

• Show and Copy SSH key:

  cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
  

• Put SSH key in your Github account:
  • Settings -> SSH keys and GPG keys -> New SSH keys

10. Change the remote URL for your local repository, to git@github.com:
    (Make sure you have the necessary SSH key set up on GitHub to authenticate with this new URL)

git remote set-url origin git@github.com:<username>/<repository>.git

11. Verify the change:

git remote -v

12. Push commited changes to Github:
    (If remote-branch-name already exist, choose a different one)

git push -u origin <remote-branch-name>

Author: LuciaHeredia