Here are few steps that you have to take to deploy a website on Netlify using your Github Repository -
cd Desktop
cd { your folder name }
git init (For initialising a folder named git in your folder)
git add . ( To add all your files to that folder)
git status (To check whether the files are uploaded or not)
git commit -m "first commit"
. Or look at the cover picture of the blog.*You can also change your site name by clicking on change site name.
Hurray! now you have deployed your website :)