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git repo creation from command line
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In repo dir, create a blank repo

git init

Stage existing files

git add .
git commit -m "<some message>."

Create remote repo in GitHub using REST API with MFA

curl -u "<github username>" -H "X-GitHub-OTP:<token>" https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"<repo name>"}'

Set Git user details in repo

 git config user.name "<github username>"
 git config user.email "<github email>"

First ensure valid entries in ~/.ssh/config and valid ssh key in GitHub

git remote add origin git@github.com:<github username>/<repo name>.git
git remote set-url origin git@<ssh config host entry label>:<github username>/<repo name>.git
git push --set-upstream origin master

Test creds

ssh -T git@github.com
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