how to start a repo on github with an existing folder code example
Example 1: initialize a repo and push to github
git init
git add -A
git commit -m 'Added my project'
git remote add origin [email protected]:sammy/my-new-project.git
git push -u -f origin master
Example 2: turn a folder into a git repo
$ git filter-branch --prune-empty --subdirectory-filter FOLDER-NAME BRANCH-NAME
# Filter the specified branch in your directory and remove empty commits
> Rewrite 48dc599c80e20527ed902928085e7861e6b3cbe6 (89/89)
> Ref 'refs/heads/BRANCH-NAME' was rewritten