Register a GitHub account

Questions

• Do you have a github account?

If the answer to the above question is No, you will need to register for a free account with GitHub at https://github.com.
Start with your email address and follow the instructions.

Here are a few tips which you can follow with reference to choosing a good username:

• Your actual name makes your username easier for people to guess or remember;
• A shorter name is better than a longer one;
• Keep it as unique as possible. GitHub auto-completes or suggests usernames in some settings;
• Do not use your current university, employer, place of residence or other information which is time-based and are likely to change in the future;
• Use lowercase characters:
• A good strategy for word separation is to use a hyphen -.

Free private repos

GitHub offers free unlimited private repositories for all users. These free private repositories support up to three external collaborators, making them a perfect place for your personal projects, for job applications, and testing things out before making your project open source.

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