Creating Your First Repository on GitHub

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In this section, you’ll get a general overview of github.com, set up a new, free-tier account, and make your first repository. Don’t worry if you use another service like Azure, Bitbucket, or GitLab in your work, as many of the features are similar.

Signing Up

The first thing to do, of course, is to create an account on github.com. If you’ve created an account in the past, skim along until the “Your First Repo” section.

Home screen of github.com showing where to look for the button to sign up for a new account.
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Your First Repo

Your dashboard usually has two or three buttons to create new repositories.

Example dashboard showing some of the places you can find the button to create a new repo. Dashboards are personalized, so your's may not look quite like the image.
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