Quickstart

This quickstart guide will help you create your first repository within the ImperialCollegeLondon organisation.

Creating Your First Repository

1. Go to the Create a new repository page.
2. Fill in the repository details:
   • Repository name: This should be lower case and use hyphens between words. For example imperial-website-frontend.
   • Description: Briefly describe the purpose of your repository.
   • Visibility: Choose Public, Internal or Private. You can find more information on the available options at Repository visibility.
3. Check the Add a README file option. This will initalise the repository with an empty README file.
4. (Optional) Select a .gitignore file to use. This is useful if you know what programming language your project will use (e.g. python). You can always add a .gitignore file at a later date.
5. (Optionall) Select a license file to use. This is useful if you’re creating an open-source project.
6. Fill out the Required properties:
   • Department - The department the repository sits under. For example, Information and Communication Technologies.
   • Staff-Student - Whether this is predominantly a staff or student project. For example, Staff.
7. Click Create repository.

When creating the repository, ensure you set the Required properties. This ensures the repository is properly categorised for auditability. If you forget to do this when creating the repository, you can add them under the Custom properties tab in the repository settings.