Go to your GitHub account and create a new repository with a README.md file. Let’s name this repo merge-conflict-demo.

At this point, the repository has one README.md file (a markdown file to store essential project information) and one commit, the initial commit that GitHub automatically creates when you add a ...

It doesn't pick and choose; you get the whole lot. You'll also get the README.md file which is used to create any text and instructions on the front page of the repo.