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Migrating your repository to GitHub

The GitHub Training Team You're a migration away from using a full suite of development tools and premier third-party apps on GitHub. This course helps you seamlessly move code to GitHub and sets you up to do more after you make the move. Start free course Join 2604 others! social preview

Moving your project from a legacy version control system is easy. If your project is currently on Subversion, Mercurial or another Git server, you can take it to the next level with GitHub's collaborative tools, uncompromised security, and premier third-party apps. This course helps you seamlessly migrate a project using GitHub's importer tool. Along the way, we will also discuss important steps for preparing and sharing your project.

What you'll learn

We'll answer common questions like: ●What are some important considerations before migrating? ●What preparations do you need to make to ensure a successful migration? ●How do you handle binary files? ●How do you create and use a .gitignore file? And when you're done you'll be able to: ●Prepare your project for a successful migration ●Handle any binary files currently stored in your project ●Create important Git files like a .gitignore ●Import your project to GitHub

What you'll build

We'll be walking through how to migrate your repository to GitHub:

Prerequisites

None. This course is a great introduction for your first day on GitHub.

Audience

New developers, new GitHub users, users new to Git, students, managers, teams

Steps to complete this course 4

Plan the migration

Explore your options for making the move to GitHub

Prepare the project

Get your project ready to be moved to GitHub

Public or private repository?

Understand the difference between a public and private repository

Complete the Import

Publish your project on GitHub

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Average time to complete

20 minutes

Free

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Latest release

February 28, 2020

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