How do I add an existing Solution to GitHub from Visual Studio 2013

Question

I have looked through many web pages on the new Git integration in VS 2013 and they do not deal with adding an existing solution to Github. In fact I can\'t find much on us

Answer 1

It's a few less clicks in VS2017, and if the local repo is ahead of the Git clone, click Source control from the pop-up project menu:


This brings up the Team Explorer Changes dialog:


Type in a description- here it's "Stack Overflow Example Commit".
Make a choice of the three options on offer, all of which are explained here.