Setup Git Repo

Initialize Git Repo

Create repository on cloud host and get url

Open terminal on local machine

Create directory

mkdir <folder-name>

Navigate to folder

cd <folder-name>

Initialize git repository

git init

Create initial commit

• Empty commit allows us to push and set-upstream right away

git commit --allow-empty -m 'Initial commit'

Set remote url location of cloud repository

• The name 'origin' is the common convention

git remote add origin <url path>

Push repo and set default upstream repo and branch for pushing

• Upstream denotes the master copy

git push --set-upstream origin <branch>

Setup initial repo files

Create gitignore

• Note: this command is a nodejs specific way of auto generating a gitignore
• The template parameter takes values such as node, python, dotnet etc.

npx gitignore <template>

Create README.md

echo '<Project name>' >> README.md

Commit files

git add .
git commit -m 'Adds gitignore and README'
git push

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Setup Node