1. Open Gitbash terminal

After opening gitbash you need to move to the folder/location where your files are located .you can change the directory by using the following command:

cd directory_name

2. Initializing empty git repository

After changing to the required folder/directory, now initialize the empty git repository.You can do this by the following command:

git init

after using this command a ".git" folder is created in your directory.

3.Configuring user information

Now you need to configure your info. set a name that is identifiable for credit when reviewing versions history. you can do this by the following command:

git config --global user.name "[firstname lastname]"

now set an email address that will be associated with each history marker.

git config --global user.email "[valid-email]"

you can also set automatic command line coloring for git for easy reviewing

git config --global color.ui.auto

4.Add a remote address

You need to add your remote repository URL i.e., from GitHub.You can do this by the following command:

git remote add origin repo_URL

5.Files status

• You can track the status of your files.You can use the following command:

git status

• after using this if the color of the files is red, it means there are "no commits".So you need to commit them, which can be done by:

git add .

• again after using the "git status" command you can see that the color of the files becomes green. Now you need to commit your files by

git commit -m "msg"

6.Push the commits

You can push your commits by using the following command:

git push --set-upstream origin master

After following all these steps your files will be pushed onto your remote repository.

You can verify it by opening your GitHub account.