steps are:

  1. install cookiecutter: python -m pip install cookiecutter

  2. run cookiecutter to initiate a project: cookiecutter('https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage.git') under the project folder

  3. on github, start a new repo python_prj

  4. run git init in the local project folder and commit

  5. run git remote add origin git@github.com:username/projectname.git

    • using git@git requires to setup the ssh key pair, this can be found by easily google it or under FAQ of github

  6. run git push -u origin master

that is it, enjoy.

if you use pycharm it will add a folder called .idea under the root folder, this should also add to git repor if needed.