Step 5 · about 4 minutes
Make your first repository
An empty repo on GitHub, ready for your files. Two minutes of clicking.
Go to github.com/new. Give the repository a name — hello-world is fine — and leave everything else alone except one box: tick Add a README file.
- Public means anyone can read it. Private means only you and people you invite.
- A README is the page shown when someone opens your repo. Ticking the box means the repo is not empty, which makes the next step simpler.
- main is the name of the default version line. You will see the word constantly.
public/shots/gh-04-new-repo.pngClick Create repository. The address in your browser is now your repo — that is what this checkpoint wants.