Effective June 17, 2024, Cloud Source Repositories isn't available to new customers. If your organization hasn't previously used Cloud Source Repositories, you can't enable the API or use Cloud Source Repositories. New projects not connected to an organization can't enable the Cloud Source Repositories API. Organizations that have used Cloud Source Repositories prior to June 17, 2024 are not affected by this change.
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You can use Cloud Source Repositories to create a new, empty repository. Creating a
repository is useful when you want to start a project or back up a Git
repository using Cloud Source Repositories.
Before you begin
Sign in to your Google Cloud account. If you're new to
Google Cloud,create an accountto evaluate how our products perform in
real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to
run, test, and deploy workloads.
In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page,
select or create a Google Cloud project.
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New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.\n- In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page,\n select or create a Google Cloud project.\n\n | **Note**: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.\n\n [Go to project selector](https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector2/home/dashboard)\n-\n [Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project](/billing/docs/how-to/verify-billing-enabled#confirm_billing_is_enabled_on_a_project).\n\n- In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page,\n select or create a Google Cloud project.\n\n | **Note**: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.\n\n [Go to project selector](https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector2/home/dashboard)\n-\n [Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project](/billing/docs/how-to/verify-billing-enabled#confirm_billing_is_enabled_on_a_project).\n\n1.\n [Install](/sdk/docs/install) the Google Cloud CLI.\n\n2. If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first\n [sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity](/iam/docs/workforce-log-in-gcloud).\n\n3.\n To [initialize](/sdk/docs/initializing) the gcloud CLI, run the following command:\n\n ```bash\n gcloud init\n ```\n4. [Verify that you have the latest version of Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git).\n5. If you have not configured your user credentials in Git, follow the [first time setup instructions.](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-First-Time-Git-Setup)\n6. Enable the Cloud Source Repositories API.\n7. [Enable the Cloud Source Repositories API](https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=sourcerepo.googleapis.com&redirect=https://cloud.google.com/source-repositories/docs/creating-an-empty-repository)\n\nCreate a new repository\n-----------------------\n\nYou can create a repository by using either the Google Cloud console or the `gcloud`\ncommand-line tool. \n\n### Console\n\n1. In the Google Cloud console, open Cloud Source Repositories.\n\n [Open Cloud Source Repositories](https://source.cloud.google.com/repos)\n2. Click **Add repository**.\n\n The **Add a repository** page opens.\n3. Select **Create new repository** and click **Continue**.\n\n The **Create new repository** page opens.\n4. In the **Repository name** field, type a name for the new repository.\n Note that the names `All-Users` and `All-Projects` are restricted names\n and cannot be used.\n\n5. In the **Project** drop-down list, select the Google Cloud\n project the repository belongs to.\n\n To [create a new Google Cloud project](#create_a_project), click\n **Create project**.\n6. Click **Create**.\n\n Your repository is created, and the **Add code to your repository** page\n opens. This page provides instructions on how to\n [clone the repository to your local machine](/source-repositories/docs/cloning-repositories)\n or\n [push code from an existing repository](/source-repositories/docs/pushing-code-from-a-repository)\n based on your authentication type.\n\n### gcloud\n\n1. From the command line, call:\n\n gcloud init\n gcloud source repos create [REPO_NAME]\n\n Where `[REPO_NAME]` is the name for your repository. Note that the names\n `All-Users` and `All-Projects` are restricted names and cannot be used.\n\nCreate a project\n----------------\n\nAll repositories must belong to a Google Cloud project. If you don't have\na Google Cloud project, you can create one by following these steps.\n\n1. On the **Create new repository** [page](#create_a_new_repository), click\n **Create project**.\n\n The **Create Cloud project** dialog opens.\n2. In the **Project name** field, type a name for the Google Cloud\n project.\n\n3. In the **Project ID** field, either accept the generated project ID or click\n **Edit Project ID** to enter a different one.\n\n | **Note:** Your Google Cloud project ID must be unique across Google Cloud.\n4. In the **Billing Account** drop-down list, select a billing account.\n\n To create a billing account, click **Create billing account**.\n5. Click **Create**.\n\nYou can continue [creating a new repository](#create_a_new_repository).\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\nNow that you have a repository in Cloud Source Repositories, you can now add\nyour code, which might involve either of these processes:\n\n- [Cloning your new repository](/source-repositories/docs/cloning-repositories) to your local machine.\n- [Pushing code from an existing repository](/source-repositories/docs/pushing-code-from-a-repository) on your local machine."]]
