Start a new repository and publish it to GitHub

Question 1

Create a new directory, and initialize it with git-specific functions

Answer 1

git init my-repo

Question 2

change into the my-repo directory

Answer 2

cd my-repo

Question 3

create the first file in the project

Answer 3

touch README.md

Question 4

git isn’t aware of the file, stage it

Answer 4

git add README.md

Question 5

take a snapshot of the staging area

Answer 5

git commit -m “add README to initial commit “

Question 6

Provide the path for the repository you created on github
git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPOSITORY-NAME.git

Push changes to github

Answer 6

git push –set-upstream origin main