To do anything in GitHub, you’ll need to know how to first create a repository. Repository is a directory or storage space where your projects can live. It is like a folder on your local machine.
Public Repo
Making a Github repo 'public' will mean that anyone can find it and fork it to get the source files for themselves. You can choose who can commit and others can commit by opening pull request.
Private Repo
It's just a place to back-up your private code in a remote repository. Only those who you choose can see or commit.
README File
It is used to give a short discription to your project. It can also be a set of instructions to download and setup your project on a local machine. 'MarkDown' is a new language used to write the README files, this is similar to HTML. Markdown is really simple to learn and use.
Reference: (https://dillinger.io/)
gitignore
It is a plain text file where each line contains a pattern for files/directories to ignore.
Example: compilation products, temporary files IDEs create, etc.
License
Public repositories on GitHub are often used to share open source software. For your repository to truly be open source, you'll need to license it so that others are free to use, change, and distribute the software.
What license should I choose? You can find the answer in (https://choosealicense.com/)
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Open your profile
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Select
Repositories -
Click
New -
Name your repo and give a brief discription
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Choose between
PublicandPrivatebased on your requirements. -
Add
README,.gitignoreandlicense -
Click
Create repository
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