Congratulations, you now have your local GitLab up and running. If you’ve used GitHub, you will be instantly familiar with how GitLab works. Enjoy the power of Git, from within your local network.

To register for a GitLab account, all you need to do is create a unique username, set your credentials and validate your email address. Once that's complete, you can move onto Step 2 of this Git and ...

For the sake of clarity, here’s what it would look like to create a new local Git repository, add a file to it, and then push it to our new server.