# 01 — Getting started

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KabaForge is the place where your code, documents and project history live. This chapter gets you signed in and shows you around.

## Signing in

1. Open [forge.kabaforce.com](https://forge.kabaforce.com).
2. Press **Sign in with KabaForce ID**.
3. Enter your KabaForce account details on `id.kabaforce.com`.
4. You are returned to KabaForge, signed in.

There is no separate password for KabaForge — your KabaForce ID is the only account you need. If you do not have one yet, use the **Sign up** link on the same page.

## What you see after signing in

| Area | What it is for |
|------|----------------|
| **Dashboard** (home) | Recent activity across your repositories |
| **Explore** | Public repositories on this server |
| **+** (top right) | Create a new repository or organisation |
| **Avatar** (top right) | Your profile, settings and sign out |

## Vocabulary you will meet

- **Repository (repo)** — one project: its files plus their entire history.
- **Commit** — one saved change, with a message describing it.
- **Branch** — a parallel line of work; the default one is usually `main`.
- **Pull request** — a proposal to merge one branch into another.

## Your first five minutes

1. Press **+ → New Repository**.
2. Name it `deneme` (or anything else), tick *Initialize repository*, press **Create**.
3. Open it and press **Add File → New File**.
4. Type `readme.md` as the name, write a couple of lines, press **Commit Changes**.

You now have a repository with a front page. The next chapters explain each of those steps in detail.

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