How to create (initialize) a local Git Repository

October 27th, 2020

To create (initialize) a loca Git repository for a project, go to the root of your project and run this command:

git init

That’s it!

Now you can start tracking and commiting files:

Run git add . to stage your files.
Run git commit -m 'Describe your changes' to add a descriptive message about your file changes.
Run git push origin master to push your changes to your remote repository.

To push your files to a remote repository, you need to set up a remote repo somewhere, for example on GitHub.

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