<commit_before>---
title: Introduction to GitHub
author: <NAME>
date: 2015-09-30
layout: post
---

In the previous tutorial, I went over basics of using Git to do version 
control on your local machine. If you understood all the concepts from that, 
using version control via an online repository host should be cake!

For this tutorial, we'll be using GitHub as a model due to its popularity and 
accessibility. However, the same concepts should be largely applicable to 
GitLab, BitBucket, and any other online version control system that supports 
Git.

# Creating an online repository

To start, browse to [www.github.com](www.github.com) (chances are you're 
already there!) and log in with your username and password. If you don't have 
an account, sign up, it's totally free! <commit_msg>Add comments to GitHub intro<commit_after>---
title: Introduction to GitHub
author: <NAME>
date: 2015-09-30
layout: post
comments: true
---

In the previous tutorial, I went over basics of using Git to do version 
control on your local machine. If you understood all the concepts from that, 
using version control via an online repository host should be cake!

For this tutorial, we'll be using GitHub as a model due to its popularity and 
accessibility. However, the same concepts should be largely applicable to 
GitLab, BitBucket, and any other online version control system that supports 
Git.

# Creating an online repository

To start, browse to [www.github.com](www.github.com) (chances are you're 
already there!) and log in with your username and password. If you don't have 
an account, sign up, it's totally free! 
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