My First GitHub Project: From a Local Folder to GitHub Using Git and SSH

Getting your folder or file to github can be a bit of an off vibe due to the many steps especially if it's your first commit, but getting these steps right will make it easy for the other folders or files you will push afterwards.Let’s dive in CREATING A LOCAL FOLDER Depending on the OS you are using you can use Git Bash or the Terminal. For Linux which is what I am using I will use the Terminal First Step Start by creating a folder in the terminal: mkdir your project folder name . then change directory: cd ~/to the folder you have just created Now we need to format our folder by creating a few files inside it Data file README.md code file if you will be using code. To check if you have created these files inside your folder: run:, ls This calls out all the files that are inside your folder. Let's tackle the files we have just added. Data Folder Run command: mkdir data This creates a data folder. This is where you will add your data e.g Excel or CSV files that you will be using to run your analysis or your project. README.md Run command: touch README.md This where you will give an overview of your work, the reason you are doing the analysis,how you collected your data,the tools you used to run the analysis..Basically README.md is a file that guides anyone who goes through your analysis or project on the steps you took while doing your analysis or project.Think of it as the introduction at the start of your favourite book or novel. To write all of this you will run the command echo "#give your project a name or describe your project" >README.md README.md uses markdown language reason for the # at the beginning of the quotation.When writing the headings or subtitles use capital letters or proper style. For subtitles you need to add two ## at the beginning. If you want to write more content without overwriting what you have previously written inside the README.md file you will need to use double greater signs(>>) at the end of the quotation,run: echo #your message” >>R