Please Follow below steps to push local repository to github.
Create new empty repository on github https://github.com/new Please make sure you do not select Initialize this repository with a README checkbox. This is to ensure we dont get error while pushing local changes to github
Create local repository.
echo "# any comment you want to add" >> README.md
git init
git add .
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/XXX-your-username-XXX/XXX-your-repo-name-XXX.git
git push -u origin main
Starting October 1, all new GitHub repositories will create a default branch named main, and GitHub will no longer create a master branch for you.
What if I had added readme.md file while creating repository.
In this case, you will get following error
To https://github.com/cyour-username-/your-repo-name.git
! [rejected] main -> main (fetch first)
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/your-username-/your-repo-name.git'
hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do
hint: not have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing
hint: to the same ref. You may want to first integrate the remote changes
hint: (e.g., 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.
To override github repository you can use --force parameter
git push origin main --force
post by Pravin