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What you always wanted to know about initial setup of Magit with Github but never bothered to ask.

... or rather nobody is telling you (at least not the way I was able to grasp).

First - The Groundwork

Create a (or use an existing, like "shared") folder for using with GitHub.

• Magit will need to create a folder in order to clone a repository (see below)
• I didn't find a way to just connect an existing folder to a repo

Second - Dear GitHub, if you wouldn't mind

Create (or use an existing GitHub repo) and copy the code-url from GitHub.

Third - Let's get to work Magit, shall we

• Open your folder (see above) in Emacs and use "magit-init" (Magit will prepare your folder with anything needed for further use)
• Then, within the Magit interface (magit-status if not already open) use ´C´ to clone the existing repo (´?´ for a list of available commands inside Magit)
• Fill in a name plus the URL from above, like so: "shared/new-folder-name"

Fourth - Where were we? Ahh, right

You should now be ready to "stage" "commit" and "push/pull" files from your folder.