Pushing a new git repo from local to remote

The following assume you already have a remote git repo at https://username@somewebdomain.com/username/my_project.git

Assume you already have a git repo on your computer, and want to push it to a remote git repository.

cd /path/to/existing/git/project/folder
git remote add origin https://username@somewebdomain.com/username/my_project.git
git push origin master

Assume you are starting from scratch.

git clone https://username@somewebdomain.com/username/my_project.git
cd my_project
echo "#This is going to be a fantastic project" >> README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "initial commit"
git push -u origin master