This connects your local branch (e.g. master) to the remote and pushes your code. On your github when you refresh or open your new project repo you should see the test1.txt file that we created ...

Initialize Git in the existing project If the existing project does not already use Git, issue a git init command in the root folder. After the repository is initialized, add all of the project files ...

Make sure all your code has been added and committed with git and upload your project into a new GitHub repository. Add a README.md with instructions on how to use your API.