Uploading project files to git

On local machine make a working directory.
In the working directory create a temporary project directory.
Copy project files from server to local machine working/project directory.
Navigate to working/project directory.

Follow this instruction set: 

git init

git remote add origin <repo address>

git pull <repo address>

git add -A

git commit -m 'commit message'

git push origin master

To get information:
git status