The following is a helpful example to get the job done - uploading your code to codeplex. The example below is run using git shell.

1. git init c:\vmsoft\FreeJavaExamples

2. notepad README.TXT

3. git config --global user.name=ejb123
git config --global user.email=user@ejb123.com

4. git add README.TXT
git commit
git push --all --repo=https://git01.codeplex.com/vmsoft

All along, the prompt appears as C:\vmsoft\FreeJavaExamples master>