git remote add origin [email protected]:USERNAME/REPO_NAME.git -tells local repository to set the remote repository to this address
git push -u origin main -sends current version of project to remote repository and sets main branch as default
git push origin main -specifies directly where to push information, like here saying branch main
git push
-if you already established main branch from git push -u origin main
git remote -v -checks status of connection to github remote repository