Creating Repository in GitHub (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 16 Jan, 2026

A GitHub repository is a central place to store, manage, and track changes to your project code online.

• Create a new repository from your GitHub account with a name and visibility (public/private).
• Add files, manage versions, and collaborate using commits, branches, and pull requests.

Git

Git is an open-source version control system used to track changes and manage different versions of a project.

• Records every update made to the source code.
• Stores revisions in a central repository for easy management.

GitHub

GitHub is a web-based platform built around Git that enables developers to manage code, track versions, and collaborate on projects.

• Hosts Git repositories online.
• Supports collaboration through issues, pull requests, and code reviews.

Relation between Git and GitHub

Git and GitHub are closely related but serve different purposes. Git is a version control tool used to track and manage source code changes locally, while GitHub is a cloud-based platform that hosts Git repositories and enables collaboration.

• **Git: Installed locally to track code changes and maintain version history.
• **GitHub: Online service that stores Git repositories and supports sharing and teamwork.

Below are the sample project files which we want to upload:

Steps to Create the Repository

**Step 1: After successfully setting up GitHub account login to your account. You will see the screen as below.

**Step 2: Click on the new repository option.

**Step 3: After clicking new repository option, we will have to initialize some things like, naming our project, choosing the visibility etc. After performing these steps click Create Repository button.

**Step 4: After clicking the button, we will be directed to below page. Right now the only file we have is a readme file.

**Step 5: Now click on the "Upload files" button.

**Step 6: Follow the steps mentioned in the Picture below and click "commit changes"

**step 7: Now you will see that all of our files uploaded in our github

Hosting GitHub repository

GitHub Pages are designed to host your personal, organization, or project pages from a GitHub repository. As we already have the repository, we only have to activate our pages.

**Step 1: Go to settings and scroll down to github pages section. Change disable option to master branch option. Now github will do some behind the scenes work and going to publish the repository. **Step 2: Now we are done and our project can be accessed worldwide.