How do I change the branch to commit (master > main) using git bash?

Question

I'll summarize what happened to my computer.

What I wanted to do

To upload my local folder "freshman" to github repository named "Hanyang", I typed the commands below;

git init
git add freshman
git commit -m "blahblah"
git remote add origin https://github.com/myUsername/Hanyang.git
git push -u origin master
git push origin master

What happened

But I realized that the folder is well uploaded but inadvertently at the ' master ' branch, while the default branch was ' main '.
So I manually deleted ' master ' branch in github, got back to git bash then tried git add freshman again.

Did I have to do something to change the target branch ( master > main ) before merely trying git add freshman again?

Anyway unlike the first typing of the command, however, git bash says "nothing is added" even I checked it via git status - besides it says "my branch is up to date with 'origin/master' " which I already deleted as the image .

What I want to do now

In this situation, what should I do to upload my ''freshman'' folder to the main branch of the repository in github such that I can upload other folders (sophomore, etc.) after this?

Answer 1

• run git branch to see what branch you are on

• to switch to main if not on main run git checkout main

• if branch main doesn't exist locally you will need to run git branch main before checking it out

• Then you can add your file, set the remote for the main branch, and push to origin main

Answer 2

git branch -M main

for more information, look under Branching & Merging

https://github.com/joshnh/Git-Commands