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Farnoosh Johnson
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Points
Posted by Farnoosh Johnson
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Points

how to start with github?

I made a html and css files on my desktop, called ** my_first_web_page**. Now I am trying to push the repository on my github account to be able to access to my files remotely. 1- I made a new repository in my github account. 2- I am using mac, via terminal I have git installed and I used $git init to make a new repository 3- everything looked set up while I was following all the steps in github course 4- I also checked my git status and it shows; ''' On branch master nothing to commit, working directory clean ''' my question is how can I connect my folder on desktop with my repository in github?

I used '''$ git remote, git clone https://github.com/farnoosh63/my_new_webpage.git ''' when I used '''$ git push ''', this message will show up:

''' fatal: No configured push destination. Either specify the URL from the command-line or configure a remote repository using

git remote add <name> <url>

and then push using the remote name

git push <name>

''' Another error: ''' $ git push origin master fatal: 'origin' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. '''

4 Answers

Micah Courey
Micah Courey
20,168 Points
Micah Courey
Micah Courey
20,168 Points

the git commands are

git remote add origin <url>

and to push to your github repository

git push origin master

Treehouse has a course called Git Basics if you wanna learn how to do more with git and github https://teamtreehouse.com/library/git-basics

Farnoosh Johnson
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Points
Farnoosh Johnson
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Points

thanks, that works but I cannot see my project online in username.github.io/repository_name farnoosh63.github.io/my_new_webpage

$ git push origin gh-pages Counting objects: 16, done. Delta compression using up to 4 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (16/16), done. Writing objects: 100% (16/16), 758.20 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done. Total 16 (delta 4), reused 0 (delta 0) To https://github.com/Farnoosh63/my_new_webpage.git

  • [new branch] gh-pages -> gh-pages
Farnoosh Johnson
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Points
Farnoosh Johnson
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Points

this is error from github site:

404

File not found

The site configured at this address does not contain the requested file.

If this is your site, make sure that the filename case matches the URL. For root URLs (like http://example.com/) you must provide an index.html file.

Read the full documentation for more information about using GitHub Pages.

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

So would I right in saying you have to add the repository name on the Github website before you push the files?

And now does Github prove your credentials to add the files to the correct account?