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Create a Git repository

New repository​

Initialize the repository​

git init

Add gitignore file​

touch .gitignore

Add the following to the .gitignore file

# Ignore node_modules folder
node_modules
.node_modules

Add all files to the repository​

git add .

Commit the changes​

git commit -m "Initial commit"

Connect to a remote repository​

Create a new repository​

Follow the instructions to create a new repository.

GitHub create a new repository

Add the remote repository​

git remote add origin <url>

Verifty the remote repository​

git remote -v

Setup the upstream branch​

git remote --set-upstream origin <branch-name>

Push the changes to the remote repository​

git push origin <branch-name>

Existing repository​

git clone <url>

Create a new branch​

git checkout -b <branch-name>

Push changes to a remote repository​

git push origin <branch-name>