Global setup: Set up git git config --global user.name "Your Name" git config --global user.email zcl369369@163.com Next steps: mkdir our_truth_2012 cd our_truth_2012 git init touch README git add README git commit -m 'first commit' git remote add origin git@github.com:zhaogyrain/our_truth_2012.git git push -u origin master Existing Git Repo? cd existing_git_repo git remote add origin git@github.com:zhaogyrain/our_truth_2012.git git push -u origin master Importing a Subversion Repo? Click here When you're done: Continue