Task 1Creating GitHub Repo

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Prerequisites

• A GitHub account (sign in or sign up at GitHub.com)
• Git installed locally (https://git-scm.com)

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Step 1: Access GitHub

1. Open your browser and navigate to https://github.com
2. Click Sign in to log in, or Sign up to register.

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Step 2: Sign In or Sign Up

1. Enter your username (or email) and password.
2. Click Sign in.
3. If you don’t have an account yet, select Sign up and follow the registration flow.

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Step 3: Create a New Repository

1. From your dashboard, click Create a new repository.
2. Configure the repository settings:

3. For this tutorial, choose Public.
4. Name the repository gcp-devops-project.
5. Click Create repository.

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Step 4: Initialize Locally & Push

# 1. Create a README and initialize Git
echo "# gcp-devops-project" >> README.md
git init

# 2. Stage and commit your initial file
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"

# 3. Rename default branch, add remote, and push
git branch -M main
git remote add origin git@github.com:learnwithraghu/gcp-devops-project.git
git push -u origin main