Exploring GitHub

GitHub is one of the most popular open source project management tools available. Git is a version control system; GitHub is a website and a platform for people to share a Git repository online (a repository, or repo, is a snapshot of one version of your code).

To start using GitHub, we will follow these steps:

1. Create and configure a new organization.
2. Configure GitHub projects.
3. Create a new repository.

Let’s get started.

Create and configure a new organization

When we create a new organization, there are no repositories associated with it. To create a new organization, perform the following steps:

1. Click on the profile picture in the top-right corner of any page. Then, click on Settings.
2. In the Access section, select Organizations.
3. In the Organizations section, select New organization.

Configure GitHub projects

To get started with GitHub projects, we need to create an organization or a user project. To...