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Creating a new repository

You can create a new repository on your personal account or any organization where you have sufficient permissions.

Tip: Owners can restrict repository creation permissions in an organization. For more information, see "Restricting repository creation in your organization."

Tip: You can also create a repository using the GitHub CLI. For more information, see "gh repo create" in the GitHub CLI documentation.

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page, use the drop-down menu, and select New repository. Drop-down with option to create a new repository

  2. Optionally, to create a repository with the directory structure and files of an existing repository, use the Choose a template drop-down and select a template repository. You'll see template repositories that are owned by you and organizations you're a member of or that you've used before. For more information, see "Creating a repository from a template." Template drop-down menu

  3. Optionally, if you chose to use a template, to include the directory structure and files from all branches in the template, and not just the default branch, select Include all branches. Include all branches checkbox

  4. In the Owner drop-down, select the account you wish to create the repository on. Owner drop-down menu

  5. Type a name for your repository, and an optional description. Create repository field

  6. Choose a repository visibility. For more information, see "About repositories." Radio buttons to select repository visibility

  7. If you're not using a template, there are a number of optional items you can pre-populate your repository with. If you're importing an existing repository to GitHub, don't choose any of these options, as you may introduce a merge conflict. You can add or create new files using the user interface or choose to add new files using the command line later. For more information, see "Importing a Git repository using the command line," "Adding a file to a repository," and "Addressing merge conflicts."

    • You can create a README, which is a document describing your project. For more information, see "About READMEs."
    • You can create a .gitignore file, which is a set of ignore rules. For more information, see "Ignoring files."
    • You can choose to add a software license for your project. For more information, see "Licensing a repository."

  8. Optionally, if the personal account or organization in which you're creating uses any GitHub Apps from GitHub Marketplace, select any apps you'd like to use in the repository. List of your account's GitHub Apps from GitHub Marketplace and option to grant access

  9. Click Create repository. Button to create repository

  10. At the bottom of the resulting Quick Setup page, under "Import code from an old repository", you can choose to import a project to your new repository. To do so, click Import code.

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