# How to Automate Your Project and Github Repo Setup From the Command Line ## Metadata - Author: - Full Title: How to Automate Your Project and Github Repo Setup From the Command Line - Category: #Type/Highlight/Article - URL: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/automate-project-github-setup-mac/ ## Highlights - Make the shell script executable. To do that you type the following in the terminal: chmod +x <<the-correct-filename.sh>>. This is the unix way to make a shell script "executable". I'm not confident I fully understand what that means, other than it's needed to make any shell scripts you write executable, so don't ask me and I won't lie to you