Create a Git and GitHub Repository—Study Guide

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To put your project up on GitHub, you'll need to create a repository for it to live in. You'll do that in a later unit.

A video of the following tutorial is available at link

Start a New Project (Repository) in Git

First, create a repository in your Git installation on your computer:

Double-click the Git icon somewhere on your computer. (It's probably named Git Bash.)
In Git on your computer, enter this command cd ~/Desktop. Let me know what it is on a Mac.
To create a new repo, enter what will be its directory name mkdir david_repo1 (use any name you like).
Change into that new directory, for example: cd david_repo1
To create a new project in a rep, enter git init. You should see something like this:
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Users/hcexr/Dropbox/My PC (LAPTOP-V64CTP3M)/Desktop/david_repo1/.git/
Notice that it creates a new folder on your desktop.
In Git, enter touch readme.txt
Enter the ls command to see that the file is there:
git add readme.txt to "stage" the file so that it can be "committed."
To see what has been done, enter git status. You'll see some like this:

To reassure your instructor that you have gotten through this unit successfully:

Take a screen shot of your account on the Git installation on your computer.
E-mail this or these to your instructor at admin@mcmassociates.io (click this link).

Return to your bookmarked course main page.

Create a Repo. From github.com

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