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#Github desktop add files how to#
#Github desktop add files software#
#Github desktop add files code#

It is best practice to always create a branch repository before pushing a commit, but since this is the first ever commit to this repository, we will upload directly to the main branch.

Click Commit to the main button, then click the Push origin button and wait for the files to upload.

For future commits to this repository, you should give an appropriate title that reflects the purpose with a description that explains the what and why. And we can leave the description blank.īecause this is the first time uploading to the new repository, we can write this name as the commit title.

Type "docs: Initial commit" as the commit title.

The box that says "Summary (required)" is where we type in the title of the upload ( remember that uploading a file to is done through what is known as a commit).

Close the Explorer window, and the GitHub Desktop APP refreshes to show the new files you have included on the left sidebar.

#Github desktop add files how to#

Navigate to the folder on your computer where you kept the files you want to upload to your new repository, copy all the files and paste them into the repository folder (see above for how to open the repository folder in Explorer).

To view the downloaded repository files in Explorer, click Show in Explorer button.

Now you have a clone of the repository you created on on your computer. To clone a repository is to download a copy to your computer.

The GitHub Desktop app will launch automatically, click Clone and wait a moment for the new repository to be downloaded into your computer.

#Github desktop add files code#

Click the Code button and, on the dropdown menu, click Open with GitHub Desktop in the dropdown menu.ADD FILES TO GITHUB.COM REPOSITORY VIA GITHUB DESKTOP Continue reading to learn how to add files from your computer to a new repository through GitHub Desktop APP. In this new repository, you only have the README.md and LICENSE file. Click Create repository button, and it makes a repository on your account just like mine.

#Github desktop add files software#

That means anyone can distribute the software as an application without giving their users access to the code. These include being able to take a copy, make changes (or not) and distribute it as a closed-source version.

MIT License allows people to do almost anything with the code they find in your project. Select a type of License for the repository.Click the Public radio button to make your publicly visible. Depending on your preference, you can decide who can or cannot see your repo.Type in a short description of the repository, a summary of the information the files in the repo will provide the reader.I will set my repo's name as FordGoBike-data-visualization. In the repository dialog page, type your repository name of choice.Go to your profile on and click the green New button to create a repository dialog page.Type your username and password and click the Sign in or Sign in using your browser.On the Accounts tab, click Sign in on the row.This tutorial was created on the Windows operating system. If you don't have the GitHub desktop app, you can open this link in a new tab on your browser to download it. To follow the tutorial, you must have a profile and must have installed the GitHub Desktop APP on your computer. In this article, I will show you how to create a new repository on and how to add files to this repository through the GitHub Desktop APP.