Creating an empty repository

You can use Cloud Source Repositories to create a new, empty repository. Creating a repository is useful when you want to start a project or back up a Git repository using Cloud Source Repositories.

Before you begin

1. Sign in to your Google Cloud account. If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.

2. In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a Google Cloud project.

   Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.

   Go to project selector

3. Make sure that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

4. In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a Google Cloud project.

   Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.

   Go to project selector

5. Make sure that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

6. Install the Google Cloud CLI.

7. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:

   gcloud init

8. Verify that you have the latest version of Git.
9. If you have not configured your user credentials in Git, follow the first time setup instructions.
10. Enable the Cloud Source Repositories API.

Enable the Cloud Source Repositories API

Create a new repository

You can create a repository by using either the Google Cloud console or the gcloud command-line tool.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, open Cloud Source Repositories.

   Open Cloud Source Repositories

2. Click Add repository.

   The Add a repository page opens.

3. Select Create new repository and click Continue.

   The Create new repository page opens.

4. In the Repository name field, type a name for the new repository. Note that the names All-Users and All-Projects are restricted names and cannot be used.

5. In the Project drop-down list, select the Google Cloud project the repository belongs to.

   To create a new Google Cloud project, click Create project.

6. Click Create.

   Your repository is created, and the Add code to your repository page opens. This page provides instructions on how to clone the repository to your local machine or push code from an existing repository based on your authentication type.

gcloud

1. From the command line, call:

   gcloud init
   gcloud source repos create [REPO_NAME]
   

   Where [REPO_NAME] is the name for your repository. Note that the names All-Users and All-Projects are restricted names and cannot be used.

Create a project

All repositories must belong to a Google Cloud project. If you don't have a Google Cloud project, you can create one by following these steps.

1. On the Create new repository page, click Create project.

   The Create Cloud project dialog opens.

2. In the Project name field, type a name for the Google Cloud project.

3. In the Project ID field, either accept the generated project ID or click Edit Project ID to enter a different one.

   Note: Your Google Cloud project ID must be unique across Google Cloud.

4. In the Billing Account drop-down list, select a billing account.

   To create a billing account, click Create billing account.

5. Click Create.

You can continue creating a new repository.

What's next

Now that you have a repository in Cloud Source Repositories, you can now add your code, which might involve either of these processes:

• Cloning your new repository to your local machine.
• Pushing code from an existing repository on your local machine.