Creating Git Repository

Create a new Git Repository :

• In this Page we will learn How to create a new Git Repository.
• Before you proceed with this lecture it is very important that you have gone through the previous set of lectures on GIT here:

            - Git Basics
            - Installing Git on Windows
            - What is GIT and GitHub

• The purpose of Git is to manage a project, or a set of files, as they change over time. Git stores this information in a data structure called a repository.
• In short Git Repository is a collection of all project files along with their history.
• Create a new Git Repository
• We can create Git Repository using one of the three approaches enlisted below

        - Create a bare repository
        - Initialize repository in an existing project directory
        - Clone a remote repository from Github

Create a Bare Git Repository :

Create a Bare Git Repository for new project is three set process :

1. Create a New Project/Folder
2. Browse to new Project
3. Initialize Git Repository for the Project

Step 1 : Create a New Project/Folder

Step 2 : Browse to New Project

Step 3 : Initialize Bare Git Repository for the Project

• Let us view the contents of the newly initialized Git repository by executing the command dir / ah

•  View the content of the directory and note that a .git folder has been created therein.