That's where GitHub CLI comes in. An official tool made by GitHub, it's good to use both on Windows 10 and Windows 11 in PowerShell or within the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a private GitHub repository, then demonstrate how to securely clone and pull your code locally without the need to deal with fatal errors.

From within the project folder, issue the git init command in the terminal window as shown below. This creates a new Git repository, evidenced by the creation of a hidden subfolder named .git. $ git ...

Now that you have your repository cloned to your local machine, add (or create) all the code you need for the repository into the new directory and issue the command: git add .