title: Git very first steps
body: <p>I am trying to get familiar with git. But I am a rookie developer and I need help with my first steps with git. I don't know where to start. Can you help? </p>
  
  <p>I have a server that is hosting my website, which is git-enabled and where I have SSH access. There I created a directory </p>
  
  <pre><code>mkdir mystuff.git
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I changed into that directory</p>
  
  <pre><code>cd mystuff.git
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and ran</p>
  
  <pre><code>git --bare init
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Nothing more. The URL now is <a href="http://my.site/mystuff.git" rel="nofollow">http://my.site/mystuff.git</a></p>
  
  <p>On my local PC I have installed git for Windows but done nothing more. I have two directories that I want to 'import' into that git infrastructure: A directory with powershell scripts. They are located in</p>
  
  <pre><code>c:\users\richard\prog\powershell
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and a book (txt files, each file represents a chapter) I started to write recently. This is located under</p>
  
  <pre><code>c:\users\richard\documents\book-about-stuff
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I get the content of the two directories onto my web server? I read about 'local ropositories'. Are my two directories these 'local repositories'? Or do I have to create another local subdir with the help of the local git for Windows software? I tried to read the tutorial under <a href="http://schacon.github.io/git/gittutorial.html" rel="nofollow">http://schacon.github.io/git/gittutorial.html</a> but it helped me not. Is 'local' my local PC and 'remote' the server under http: //my.site? Is 'master' my first dirctory and 'branch' my second directory? Maybe I only need help with the wording.</p>
  
  <p>I don' want to work with Github because I don't code anything for the public at the moment.</p>