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title: "Create a Repository"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/26820542499/Create%20a%20Repository"
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1. Go to **[https://github.com/new](https://github.com/new)** and enter your course number for your repository name
  
2. Click the option for **Private** and check the box next to **Add a README file**
  
3. Click **Create repository** at the bottom of the page
  

You now should have a new repository created, which will be used to create your CodeSpace.

# Next: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26819985486](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26819985486)