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---
title: "Free Unlimited Private Git Space with Microsoft Visual Studio Online"
author: "David Liu"
date: "October 26, 2015"
output: pdf_document
---
## Overview
[GitHub](https://github.com/) gives you unlimited *public* space for free. What if you have a private project, you don't really want to or it is not an option for you to put that source code in a public GitHub? I am going to tell you that you can have unlimited *private* Git space too. Except the space is going to come from the Microsoft, and not from the GitHub.com.
You might ask: *Do I have to use Visual Studio to get free unlimited private Git space?* **NO!**
Here are the steps:
1. Sign up for a free [Visual Studio Online](https://www.visualstudio.com) account.
* Click on the green button under the "Visual Studio Online" text.
* You will be directed to a Microsoft Account Login area. If you already have a hotmail or Microsoft Live account you can login there, or you can create a new account by clicking the "Sign Up Now" link at the bottom-right corner of the screen:
* If you are creating a new account, you will be redirected to [signup.live.com](https://signup.live.com):
* On the next screen you will need to
* fill in your full name,
* pick an *account* name for your Git repository URL, the URL will be like "https://<an_account>.visualstudio.com"
* then click the "Create Account" button:
* On the next screen, you will prompted to create your first project. This is where you create your first Git repository. Be sure to check the **Git** option in the repository type:
* Click the **Create Project** button to complete the Git Repository Creation. You should see a new repository being created.
* **Create New Repository**: Click "New Repository" to create a new repository, you can click on the top-left corner "Project1" (or your Project Name) to see a dropdown menu being displayed:
* Once your new repository is created, a screen is displayed allowing you to generate git credentials.
* Alternatively, you can click on the "Step-by-Step" link at the bottom of the page to get a set of commands to clone or push to the Git repository you have just created.
