How to Upload a New Project to GitHub

Goals

1. I want directory structure on the initial computer and a second computer that clones the project to be identical, including directory names.
   • What do I name the initial directory on the first computer?
   • What do I name the project in Github?
   • What folder structure do I create on the second computer before going through the clone process?
   • From which directory on the second computer do I initiate the clone process?

Things I have learned.

1. I used these instructions to guide me.
   • See the section titled, "Adding a local repository to GitHub using Git"
2. The Github project name is a folder on the local machine when you clone the project.

3. General Process

   • On Initial computer initiate git from within project folder
     • git init -b main
   • Add files in your new local repository - otherwise known as staging. Here are a couple of ways to do that:
     • git add --all
     • git add .
   • Commit those changes.
     • git commit -m "Initial commit."
   • On Github, create a repository with the same name as the project folder on the initial computer
   • Upload the changes to git using the instructions:
     • git remote add origin <REMOTE_URL>
     • git remote -v
     • git push origin main
   • On the second computer, don't create the project directory. That will be created during the cloning process.
   • Go to the directory that will be the parent directory of the project to be cloned and clone the project.
     • git clone <Github repository url>