A developer only needs two steps to get started with Git. First, create a new local repository with the git init command. Second, issue the git clone command to locally copy the contents of a remotely ...

Only the git init command has the power to create a new Git repository. This simple version control tutorial shows you how to use the git init command.

I'm fairly new to git and most of my interaction with it has been via the IntelliJ Idea IDE. But sometimes I use a command line. In one directory I did "git init", "git add files", and "git commit".

Learn how to push a Project to GitHub using Git Command Line (Git Bash) or GitHub Desktop App in Windows 11/10. You can clone a GitHub repository or use commands.

If you need to work with GitHub, but don't have time to get up to speed with the git command line, Jack Wallen believes the GitHub Desktop app is the perfect tool for the job.

The instructions suggest using the Git command line on your machine, but I happen to like using GitHub Desktop, which also worked fine. In either case, cd into your repo in your terminal.