Create a Repository

Create a new repository from your account by choosing a display name, an optional slug, a default branch, a description, and a visibility setting.

Step 1 - Open the Create Repository Form

Choose New repository from your account. git.eu requires a verified email address before the form is shown - an unverified account sees a prompt to verify instead.

Step 2 - Name the Repository

Enter a display name - the human-readable title shown throughout the UI, up to 128 characters. A slug is generated automatically from the display name for the repository's URL; you can override it with your own slug of up to 128 characters: letters, digits, dots, hyphens, and underscores, starting and ending with a letter or digit, with no two symbols in a row, and not ending in .git, .atom, or .html. Names like my_tool or docs.git.eu work as is.

The Repository URL field shows the full address in front of the slug, and a rules list under it turns each rule green or red as you type. The checks are a guide only - the server check on submit decides.

The address depends on the visibility: a public repository is shown at the main git.eu address, a private one at your instance address. The prefix switches as soon as you toggle Private. A standalone instance (not attached to git.eu) always shows its own address.

Step 3 - Choose a Default Branch

Pick master, main, or a custom branch name for the repository's initial default branch. This becomes the branch most other operations - browsing, diffing, merge target selection - default to when no other branch is specified.

Step 4 - Add a Description and Set Visibility

An optional description, up to 500 characters, helps others understand the repository's purpose. Toggle Private to restrict read access to the repository - see Visibility for what public and private control.

Step 5 - Submit

git.eu validates the display name, slug, and default branch, creates the repository, and takes you to its landing page. An empty repository shows how to connect git, with an HTTPS and an SSH tab:

HTTPS - a Personal Access Token / OAuth switch. Personal Access Token (the default) uses a token as the password; OAuth shows the credential-helper setup. The remote URL is the same for both. With no token yet, a Create a token first button opens your tokens page.
SSH - the SSH remote and commands. With no SSH key yet, an Add an SSH key first button opens your SSH keys page.

A slug must be unique among your own repositories. If the slug you typed is already taken, correct it and submit again - nothing is created until validation passes.