how to add the local project to a new repository in github

In many cases, I create the project locally, develop it. And then I realize that it would be great if its available it Github. This is more of like, bottom-up approach.

Following is the list of steps to achieve this.

1. Create the remote repository, and get the URL such as git@github.com:/youruser/somename.git or https://github.com/youruser/somename.git
   If your local GIT repo is already set up, skips steps 2 and 3

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2. Locally, at the root directory of your source, git init
   2a. If you initialize the repo with a .gitignore and a README.md you should do a git pull {url from step 1} to ensure you don't commit files to source that you want to ignore ;)
3. Locally, add and commit what you want in your initial repo (for everything, git add . then git commit -m 'initial commit comment')

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4. to attach your remote repo with the name 'origin' (like cloning would do)
   git remote add origin [URL From Step 1]
5. to push up your master branch (change master to something else for a different branch):
   git push origin master
6. Execute git pull origin master to pull the remote branch so that they are in sync.