Creating a Git repository

Creating a repository in GitHub from a VS project is very easy to do. In this section, you will have to test your knowledge by creating a new ASP.NET Core Empty project, as discussed in the Templates for ASP.NET Core web applications section of Chapter 2, Creating Projects and Templates. You can name this project GitDemo.

To create the new repository in GitHub from the project you have created, just select the Git | Create a Git Repository menu option and fill in the repository information, according to the data shown in Figure 9.5:

Figure 9.5 – Filling in the information for a new repository on GitHub

Let’s briefly look at each option:

• Local path: This sets the path on the local machine where the source code is hosted (usually the path where you created the project).
• .gitignore template: This allows you to select a template that establishes a set of files that will not be uploaded to the repository...