github's directions for initializing a new Git repository

repo initialization info

Global setup:
 Download and install Git
  git config --global user.name "<name>"
  git config --global user.email <email>
        
Next steps:
  mkdir dailyhacking
  cd dailyhacking
  git init
  touch README
  git add README
  git commit -m 'first commit'
  git remote add origin [email protected]:<github_username>/<github_repo_name>.git
  git push -u origin master
      
Existing Git Repo?
  cd existing_git_repo
  git remote add origin [email protected]:<github_username>/<github_repo_name>.git
  git push -u origin master