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48 CHAPTER 3 Developing a real Rails application
Figure 3.2 Add an SSH key.
Now that you’re set up with GitHub, click
the New Repository button on the dashboard
to begin creating a new repository
(see figure 3.3).
On this page, enter the Project Name as
ticketee and click the Create Repository button
to create the repository on GitHub. Now
you are on your project’s page. Follow the
Figure 3.3 Create a new repository.
instructions, especially concerning the configuration of your identity. In listing 3.1,
replace "Your Name" with your real name and you@example.com with your email
address. The email address you provide should be the same as the one you used to
sign up to GitHub. The git commands should be typed into your terminal or command
prompt.
Listing 3.1 Configuring your identity in GitHub
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email you@example.com
You already have a ticketee directory, and you’re probably inside it. If not, you should
be. To make this directory a git repository, run this easy command:
git init
Your ticketee directory now contains a .git directory, which is your git repository. It’s all
kept in one neat little package
To add all the files for your application to this repository’s staging area, run
git add .