HOW TO UPLOAD YOUR PROJECT TO GITHUB – STEP-BY-STEP WITH CHEAT SHEET 🧩

📌 INTRODUCTION

Uploading your project to GitHub for the first time?

Here’s a clean, beginner-friendly walkthrough — plus a downloadable cheat sheet to keep handy.

🧠 STEP-BY-STEP GIT COMMANDS EXPLAINED

🔹 Step 1: Initialize Git
git init - This creates a .git folder in your directory and enables version tracking.
🔹 Step 2: Stage All Files
git add . - This stages all your changes for commit.
🔹 Step 3: Commit with a Message
git commit -m "Initial commit"
🔹 Step 4: Connect Remote Repository
git remote add origin https://github.com/your-username/your-repo.git
Tip: Already connected to another remote?
git remote set-url origin <new-link>
🔹 Step 5: Push to GitHub
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
-u links to your local branch to remote branch.

🔁 AFTER MAKING CHANGES

git status
git add .
git commit -m "Updated section UI"
git push origin main

🧹 OPTIONAL: DELETE ‘MASTER’ BRANCH

git push origin --delete master
✔ Confirm:

• main has latest updates
• GitHub default is main
• No one using master

📎 CHEAT SHEET

Here’s a visual version to download and share 👇

🔚 FINAL THOUGHTS

If you're a beginner or just want to keep things simple, this is all you need to get your project onto GitHub.
Have any tips or favorite commands? Share them in the comments!