How To Upload a Project On GitHub?

Uploading your project to GitHub allows you to share your work with others, collaborate with team members and keep your code safe and accessible. This article will walk you through the process of uploading a project to GitHub, ensuring that you can efficiently manage your code and contributions.

Approach

To upload your project to GitHub, follow these steps:

1. Create a GitHub repository and clone it to your local machine.
2. Configure Git on your local machine.
3. Add your project files to the local repository.
4. Stage and commit your changes.
5. Push your changes to the remote GitHub repository.

Steps to Upload a Project On GitHub

Step 1: Create a Repository on GitHub and Copy the Repository Link

• Go to GitHub, log in to your account, and create a new repository.
• Give your repository a name (e.g., my-project) and initialize it without a README (we'll add that later).
• After creating your repository, copy the repository’s HTTPS URL (e.g., https://github.com/username/my-project).

Step 2: Install Git and Clone Your Repository

• If you haven't installed Git yet, download it from Git official website.
• After creating your profile on GitHub https://github.com, make a repository and clone (copy the link of your repository) your repository with HTTPS.
• Now go to the terminal and use this command to clone this repository to your PC.

Syntax:

git clone [your copy link]

Example:

Now you have cloned your Github repository to your system now add all your relevant codes in that cloned directory to upload it to your GitHub Profile.

Step 3: Navigate to Your Project Folder

Now in the terminal go to your Project folder in which you want to make changes.

Step 4: Check the Status of your Repository

Now when you will type the command git status you will see all those files you have added to the directory in a red-colored untracked file segment like this. Here README.md is the unracked file that has the updated content in it.

Syntax:

git status

Example:

Step 5: Add Files to the Staging Area

Now add these files into the staging area (Staging is a step before the commit process in git. That is, a commit in git is performed in two steps: staging and actually commit. As long as a changeset is in the staging area, git allows you to edit it as you like to replace staged files with other versions of staged files, remove changes from staging, etc.)

Syntax:

git add <files_Name with their respective extensions>

Example:

Step 6: Commit your Changes

Once the files are staged, you need to commit them. A commit captures a snapshot of your files at a specific point in time, which can be easily rolled back if necessary.

Syntax:

git commit -m “Your description”

Example:

Step 7: Uploading Changes to Remote Profile

Now we have committed these changes in our local system and to upload these changes to our remote profile use the command

Syntax:

git remote -v

Example:

Step 8: Push Changes to GitHub

Great, Now just one step left is to push these changes into our GitHub repository. Use the command below to upload your files or any changes.

Syntax:

git push origin master

Example:

Great You have successfully uploaded your files to your GitHub repository.

Final Repository

Here, in the front of the README.md file, you can see that the changes have been updated, a few minutes ago.

All the files and directories are uploaded to your Github account. Now you can manage, revert, access, or do any changes in your repositories like this.