Creating a Github repository

This tutorial assumes you have Git installed in your system. Download it from here

Sign in to Github

Create a repository called first-commit.

Scroll down and click on create to create the repository

Your next screen be similar to:

Create a folder

On your desktop called first-commit. Open the folder in a terminal. You can use either right-click and select Git Bash or type cmd on the address bar and press enter. It opens the windows command prompt.

#. Initialize repository: Initialize an empty git repository using

git init

Add url:

Copy the repository URL from the address bar of your browser

Add remote origin:

git remote add origin <repo_url>

Replace with the URL you copied in the previous step.

Note the .git we added at the end of the URL

Check to make sure the URL has been successfully added. Use the command below:

git config --get remote.origin.url

Your output should be similar to:

Create a file.

Create a simple text file in the first commit folder we created in the previous step.

Committing the file.

Switch to your terminal and check for changes using the command:

git status

Commit the file.

• Stage the changes (the file created) using:

  git add text.txt
  

  To stage all change, use:

  git add .
  

• Commit the changes using the command

  git commit -m "my first commit"
  

  -m is the message flag and the value is my first commit

Your output should be similar to:

Push the changes.

Upload the changes to your remote repository. Push the changes using the git command:

git push --set-upstream origin master

Here, master is my the branch am pushing to. You can check the branch you are working on using git branch

Your output should be similar to:

Refresh the page on your browser.

We have successfully pushed our first commit to Github.

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