Summary

In this module, you learned how to move your existing project to GitHub from a legacy version-control system.

You learned about:

• Preparing your project for a successful migration.
• Handling any binary files currently stored in your project.
• Creating important Git files like a .gitignore.
• Importing your project to GitHub.

Now that you have your project on GitHub, learn to Manage an InnerSource program by using GitHub and Create an open-source program by using GitHub best practices.

Learn more

Here are some links to more information on the subjects we discussed in this module.

• Ignoring files with .gitignore
• Accessing the .gitignore repository for popular platforms
• Setting repository visibility
• Learning about GitHub Importer
• Importing data from third-party version control systems

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