RF140 mkdir ~/Hello-World Creates a directory for your project called "Hello-World" in your user directory cd ~/Hello-World Changes the current working directory to your newly created directory git init Sets up the necessary Git files Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/you/Hello-World/.git/ touch README Creates a file called "README" in your Hello-World directory git add README Stages your README file, adding it to the list of files to be committed git commit -m 'first commit' Commits your files, adding the message "first commit"