Quickstart for repositories - GitHub Docs (original) (raw)

Learn how to create a new repository and commit your first change in 5 minutes.

• GitHub CLI
• Web browser

Create a repository

GitHub repositories store a variety of projects. In this guide, you'll create a repository and commit your first change.

Commit your first change

Next steps

You have now created a repository, including a README file, and created your first commit on GitHub.

• Secure your repository using GitHub's available security features. For more information, see Quickstart for securing your repository.
• You can find interesting projects and repositories on GitHub and make changes to them by creating a fork of the repository. Forking a repository will allow you to make changes to another repository without affecting the original. For more information, see Fork a repository.
• Each repository on GitHub is owned by a person or an organization. You can interact with the people, repositories, and organizations by connecting and following them on GitHub. For more information, see Finding inspiration on GitHub.
• GitHub has a great support community where you can ask for help and talk to people from around the world. Join the conversation on GitHub Community.