GitHub Series #3 : Signing Up and Creating a Repository

GitHub Series #3: Signing Up and Creating a Repository

To start managing your code on GitHub, you first need to sign up for an account.

Visit https://github.com

Signing up is simple—just an email address and password are enough. The free plan offers plenty of features to get started.

Once you've signed up and logged in, you can begin by creating your first repository. A GitHub repository is like a dedicated folder for your project—it keeps your code organized and version-controlled.

Creating a Repository

After logging in, click the “Create repository” button.

Signing Up and Creating a Repository

You'll need to fill in the following fields:

  • Repository name: Choose a name for your repository.
    Note: Spaces are not allowed.
    • Signing Up and Creating a Repository
  • Description (optional): A short description of your project.
  • Public / Private: Choose whether to make your repository public or private.
  • Initialize this repository with:
    • README.md: A file to describe your project.
      Signing Up and Creating a Repository
    • .gitignore: A file that tells Git which files to ignore.
      GitHub’s web interface allows you to add a basic .gitignore file.
      Later, you can apply a more specific template based on your development environment.
      For example, if you’re using Unity, choose the Unity template. If you’re coding in C#, you won’t find a ‘C#’ option—but the Visual Studio template works perfectly for most C# projects.
      Signing Up and Creating a Repository
    • License: (optional) Choose an open source license if needed.

Repository Created, but Not Yet Linked

Once you click “Create repository”, your GitHub repository is created on the web. However, it’s not yet connected to your local computer.

To manage it locally using Git, we’ll use GitHub Desktop in the next post.

Quick Setup

If you didn’t select README.md or .gitignore during setup, the repository will appear empty and not initialized. In this case, GitHub shows a Quick Setup screen with three options to initialize it. We’ll choose “Set up in Desktop” to proceed with GitHub Desktop.

Download GitHub Desktop

Clicking “Set up in Desktop” will take you to the GitHub Desktop download page. Download and install the program to continue.

Deleting a Repository

If this was just a test, you can delete the repository as follows:

  1. Go to your repository’s Settings
  2. Scroll to the bottom and find the Danger Zone
  3. Click Delete this repository

GitHub will ask you to confirm several times. You’ll need to manually type the repository name to confirm deletion.

Summary

In this post, we walked through how to sign up for GitHub and create your first repository using the web interface.

In the next post, we’ll install GitHub Desktop and use it to link the repository to your local computer for version-controlled development.

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