Git configuration and first push

Navigate to the local project directory and create a git repository:

git init

To add all files to next commit, run following:

git add .

To check git status, use this:

git status

Run command to make your first commit:

git commit -m "Your comment"

Setup link to your github repository and push changes:

git remote add origin <Link to GitHub Repo>     //maps the remote repo link to local git repo

git remote -v                                  //this is to verify the link to the remote repo 

git push -u origin master                      // pushes the commit-ed changes into the remote repo