Github “Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do not have”

// Git: “please tell me who you are” error
git init
git config user.name "someone"
git config user.email "someone@someplace.com"
git add *
git commit -m "Initial commit"

git remote add origin //your github url
//pull those changes
git pull origin master
//now, push your work to your new repo
git push origin master