Getting Started

Create an Account

  1. Go to github.com and click Sign up
  2. Enter your email, password, and username
  3. Verify your email address

Install Git

# macOS
brew install git

# Ubuntu / Debian
sudo apt install git

# Windows - download from https://git-scm.com

Configure Git

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "your@email.com"

Create Your First Repository

  1. Click the + icon in the top-right corner and select New repository
  2. Enter a repository name
  3. Choose public or private
  4. Click Create repository

Then clone it locally:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo.git
cd your-repo

You can also create a repository directly from the terminal using the GitHub CLI: gh repo create.

Added gif for testing:

test gif


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