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# How to create a project in GitLab
>**Notes:**
- For a list of words that are not allowed to be used as project names see the
[reserved names][reserved].
1. In your dashboard, click the green **New project** button or use the plus
icon in the upper right corner of the navigation bar.
1. This opens the **New project** page.
1. Choose if you want start a blank project, or with one of the predefined
[Project Templates](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/project-templates):
this will kickstart your repository code and CI automatically.
Otherwise, if you have a project in a different repository, you can [import it] by
clicking on the **Import project** tab, provided this is enabled in
your GitLab instance. Ask your administrator if not.
1. Provide the following information:
- Enter the name of your project in the **Project name** field. You can't use
special characters, but you can use spaces, hyphens, underscores or even
emoji.
- The **Project description (optional)** field enables you to enter a
description for your project's dashboard, which will help others
understand what your project is about. Though it's not required, it's a good
idea to fill this in.
- Changing the **Visibility Level** modifies the project's
[viewing and access rights](../public_access/public_access.md) for users.
1. Click **Create project**.
## Push to create a new project
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/26388) in GitLab 10.5.
When you create a new repo locally, instead of going to GitLab to manually
create a new project and then push the repo, you can directly push it to
GitLab to create the new project, all without leaving your terminal. That
will automatically create a new project under a GitLab namespace that you have access to
with its visibility set to private by default (you can later change it).
This can be done by using either SSH or HTTP:
```
## Git push using SSH
git push git@gitlab.com:namespace/nonexistent-project.git branch_name
## Git push using HTTP
git push https://gitlab.com/namespace/nonexistent-project.git branch_name
```
Once the push finishes successfully, a remote message will indicate
the command to set the remote and the URL to the new project:
```
remote:
remote: The private project namespace/nonexistent-project was created.
remote:
remote: To configure the remote, run:
remote: git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/namespace/nonexistent-project.git
remote:
remote: To view the project, visit:
remote: https://gitlab.com/namespace/nonexistent-project
remote:
```
If the project name is already in use, your push will be rejected
to prevent accidental overwriting the existing project.
[import it]: ../workflow/importing/README.md
[reserved]: ../user/reserved_names.md
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