Initialise new repository

In general when you want to package code, you will already have a repository set up. For this tutorial however, we will need to create a new one.

1. on github.com create a new repo called e.g. ‘packaging_temp’. As the name implies, you should delete this once you have completed this tutorial

2. git allows you to add a number of handy files automatically. You might as well do this now.

3. Click create repository

4. Edit the readme and update according to our minimum readme template

5. clone the repository to your local machine