title: My README.md is gone after first code commit
body: <p>Last week I created a new Github repository, and before adding the code there, I created a README.md and commited online only (18 times). This file was never on my local computer.</p>
  
  <p>Today I pointed my current local code to the Github repository, commited and pushed it with my git (hundreds of files). The commit was successful, but for my surprise, the README.md disappeared in the process!</p>
  
  <p>I tried to recover it on Github, but it is not there. The repository shows: 1 commit, 1 branch, 1 contributor. My main page still shows: "Created 18 commits in 1 repository", but I was not able to see it or find this file no matter what I tried.</p>
  
  <p>How can I recover it? </p>