upload to an existant repository github code example

Example 1: git push existing repo

cd existing_folder
git init
git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/abc.git
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push -u origin master

Example 2: 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

Example 3: create github repo with bash

winpty curl -H 'Authorization: token [GENERATED_TOKEN]' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"[REPO_NAME_YOU_WANT]"}'

# follow steps here to generate token:
https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line

# note : you can add parameters to you command to set a description, switch to private, etc...