got to link your local project to your github repo code example

Example: how to add an existing project to github

# Go into your existing directory and run below commands
cd docker-spring-boot
echo "# docker-spring-boot" >> README.md
git init
git add -A
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M master
git remote add origin https://github.com/devopsmaster/docker-spring-boot.git
git push -u origin master