Create a local git repo, a remote github repo and sync them from the command line

Create a local repo

follow the instructions here.

Install hub

# install dependencies
sudo apt-get install rake

# clone repo
cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/github/hub.git

# install hub
cd hub
sudo rake install prefix=/usr/local

# alias git to hub

echo 'alias git=hub' >> ~/.bashrc

. !$

# check it works

git version

# expected output:

# git version 1.8.3.2

# hub version 1.12.0-6-g8150ddb

Create a remote repo on github

# create a repo with the name of the current directory
git create -d "My description" 

# push to github
git push origin master