Setting Up an Account

Creating an account on GitHub is relatively straightforward. We have to go through the following steps:

1. Go to GitHub and create an account.
2. Fill out Username, Email, and Password. Remember what you enter!
3. Select Unlimited public repositories for free.
4. Select Skip this step.
5. Select Start a project.
6. Open your email and click on the link to verify your email address.
7. Enter a repository name (call it homepage the first time) and (optionally) a description.
8. Click on Press create repository.

Now we will create a repository from the command line with git, so please continue with this tutorial.