Hello World

Introduction

This tutorial teaches you GitHub essentials like repositories, branches, commits, and pull requests. You'll create your own Hello World repository and learn GitHub's pull request workflow, a popular way to create and review code.

In this quickstart guide, you will:

• Create and use a repository.
• Start and manage a new branch.
• Make changes to a file and push them to GitHub as commits.
• Open and merge a pull request.

Prerequisites

• You must have a GitHub account. For more information, see Creating an account on GitHub.

• You don't need to know how to code, use the command line, or install Git (the version control software that GitHub is built on).

Step 1: Create a repository

The first thing we'll do is create a repository. You can think of a repository as a folder that contains related items, such as files, images, videos, or even other folders. A repository usually groups together items that belong to the same "project" or thing you're working on.

Often, repositories include a README file, a file with information about your project. README files are written in Markdown, which is an easy-to-read, easy-to-write language for formatting plain text. You can learn more about Markdown and README files in Basic writing and formatting syntax and Managing your profile README.

GitHub lets you add a README file at the same time you create your new repository. GitHub also offers other common options such as a license file, but you do not have to select any of them now.

Your hello-world repository can be a place where you store ideas, resources, or even share and discuss things with others.

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, select , then click New repository.

   

2. In the "Repository name" box, type hello-world.

3. In the "Description" box, type a short description. For example, type "This repository is for practicing the GitHub Flow."