As we described earlier, repositories are a place to manage and share your project code. Git allows you to create public or private repositories. Public repositories are open for everybody, but you can include a license file that explains how you want the project to be shared with others.
Follow these steps to create a repository on GitHub:
- Open a web browser, go to https://github.com/, and sign up for a new account by providing a username for your account and your email and password. You can skip this step if you already have an account on GitHub:
- Once the signup is done, go to https://github.com/login and sign in to your newly created account on GitHub:
- Once signed in, in the upper-right corner of the page, click + and then click New repository, as shown in the following screenshot:
- On the next screen...