# Setting up your repository & project
### 1. Create a repository for your project on Github
Login to your Github account -> go to **Repositories** and click on **New** to create a new repository
Fill in **Repository Name** -> **Description (optional)** -> make it **Public** or **Private** -> Click on **Create** **repository**
### 2. Create a repository for your project on your computer
#### 1. Create a new folder
If you have previously created a new directory/folder for the project, there is no need to create it again. First, let’s create a new directory in the `Desktop` folder for our work and then change the current working directory to the newly created one. Open Terminal or command prompt:
```sh
$ cd ~/Desktop
$ mkdir project
$ cd project
```
#### 2. Git setup
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```sh
$ echo "# project" >> README.md # this line creates a readmefile with content
$ git init # creates a repo on your laptop in the projects folder
$ git status # shows the status of a repository
$ git add README.md # puts files in the staging
$ git commit -m "first commit" # saves the staged content as a new commit in the local repository
$ git branch -M main # this renames the default branch from "master" to "main"
$ git remote add origin # This adds a new remote repository called "origin" to the Git repository
$ git push -u origin main # This pushes the changes in the local repository to the remote repository on the "main" branch
```
{% endcode %}
Files can be stored in a **project’s working directory** (which users see), **the staging area** (where the next commit is being built up) and the **local repository** (where commits are permanently recorded), and then can be pushed to the **remote repository**. The diagram below provides the best representation of these.
### 3. Remove existing local repository
If you wish to remove existing repository and re-do the process from step 1 onwards:
```sh
$ rm -fr .git
```
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