A GitHub repository stores a version-controlled project and connects local files with a remote GitHub copy. It can be public or private, allowing teams to share, contribute to, and maintain a PowerShell module. section 12.2.1 section 12.2.2
A practical repository workflow includes:
- Initialize a local repository in the project folder, add the files, commit an initial snapshot, and use main as the default branch. section 12.2.1
- Create a remote repository with the GitHub CLI, connect it to the local repository, and push the main branch. section 12.2.1
- Give collaborators access through the repository settings when the repository is private. section 12.2.2
- Develop changes on a separate branch, test and commit them, push the branch, and merge through a pull request after reviewing differences. section 12.3
Publishing a module
A local PoshAutomator module can be initialized, committed, connected to a private GitHub repository, and synchronized with `git push -u origin main`. A later version change can be developed on `develop`, pushed, and proposed for merging through a pull request. section 12.2.1 section 12.3
git init Initialized empty Git repository in C:/PoshAutomatorB/.git/
The initialization command creates the local .git directory that holds repository configuration. section 12.2.1
