Create a code repository in Cloud Source Repositories

Create a code repository in Cloud Source Repositories

In this quickstart, you create a repository in Cloud Source Repositories. You then commit the code for a small Python app that you can deploy later to App Engine.

Cloud Source Repositories are private Git repositories hosted on Google Cloud. These repositories let you develop and deploy an app or service in a space that provides collaboration and version control for your code.

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. Learn how to check if billing is enabled on a 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. Learn how to check if billing is enabled on a 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 repository

Note: The repository names All-Users and All-Projects are restricted names and cannot be used.

In a terminal window, use the gcloud source repos create command to create a Google Cloud repository named hello-world:

gcloud source repos create hello-world

Clone a repository

Use the gcloud source repos clone command to clone the contents of the Google Cloud repository into a local Git repository:

gcloud source repos clone hello-world

Create a " Hello, World!" script

Create a Python script that prints Hello, World! in a browser window.

1. Go to your hello-world repository.

2. Using a text editor, create a file named main.py, and then paste the following code:

   #!/usr/bin/env python
   
   import webapp2
   
   class MainHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
       def get(self):
           self.response.write('Hello, World!')
   
   app = webapp2.WSGIApplication([
       ('/', MainHandler)
   ], debug=True)
   

Create an app.yaml file

Create an app.yaml file that contains the configuration information you need to deploy your code to App Engine.

1. Go to your hello-world repository.

2. Using a text editor, create a file named app.yaml, and then paste the following configuration information:

   runtime: python27
   api_version: 1
   threadsafe: yes
   
   handlers:
   - url: .*
     script: main.app
   
   libraries:
   - name: webapp2
     version: "2.5.2"
   

Push to Cloud Source Repositories

Push the files you just created into Cloud Source Repositories.

1. In a terminal window, go to your hello-world directory:

   cd hello-world
   

2. Add the files:

   git add .
   

3. Commit the files to the repository with a comment describing the history of this action:

   git commit -m "Add Hello World app to Cloud Source Repositories"
   

4. Using the git push command, add the contents of the local Git repository to Cloud Source Repositories:

   git push origin master
   

   Git pushes the files from the master branch to the origin remote. Output similar to the following is displayed:

   Counting objects: 21, done.
   Delta compression using up to 6 threads.
   Compressing objects: 100% (20/20), done.
   Writing objects: 100% (21/21), 9.76 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
   Total 21 (delta 5), reused 0 (delta 0)
   remote: Storing objects: 100% (21/21), done.
   remote: Processing commits: 100% (6/6), done.
   To https://source.developers.google.com/p/example-project-1244/r/repo-name
    * [new branch]      master -> master
   

View files in the repository

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

   Open Cloud Source Repositories

2. Click the name of the hello-world repository that you created.

3. Go to the files you pushed to the repository.

   The GCP Console shows the files in the master branch at the most recent commit.

4. In the Files list, click a file to view its contents.

   

You can also view the files by using Cloud Shell.

Clean up

With your hello-world repository in place, you can continue to explore Cloud Source Repositories. For a complete list of available quickstarts, see Quickstarts.

If you're finished with this repository, you can delete it by following these steps.

1. In the GCP Console, open the All repositories page for Cloud Source Repositories.

   Open Cloud Source Repositories

2. Hold the pointer over the repository you want to delete and click Settings .

   The General settings page opens.

3. Click Delete this repository .

   The Remove repository dialog opens.

4. Type the name of the repository you want to delete.

5. Click Delete.

What's next

• Learn more about setting up a repository.
• Learn more about cloning a repository.
• Learn how to add a repository as a Git remote.
• Learn how to connect a repository hosted on GitHub or Bitbucket.