Create a Git repo in an existing project. A folder does not need to be empty to issue the git init command and create a new repository. If a folder already contains files, here’s what you do: Simply ...

Copy the URL for that repository and then go back to the GitHub Desktop client. Click File | Clone Repository and then, in the resulting window (Figure C), click the URL tab and paste the URL for ...

Click the Create Branch drop-down and you should see the command used to create the branch (Figure F). Figure F “Git Create & Checkout A New Branch” option under Create Branch drop-down in GitHub.

There aren't any special steps required to create a private GitHub repository. They're exactly the same as if you were to create a standard GitHub repository, albeit with one difference: You click the ...