Main page on Github?

Question

I have 2 questions about GitHub:

1. How can I pin the project to the main page on my GitHub ?
2. If I add README.md from my computer to my repo on GitHub, will it be automatically displayed as a README or should I create README directly on GitHub?

Answer 1

You can take advantage of the item pinning feature available at your GitHub profile page:

You can pin a public repository if you own the repository or you've made contributions to the repository.
In the " Popular repositories " or " Pinned " section, click Customize your pins .

You can create a README.md in your local repository, but you will have to add, commit and push it in order to appear as " README.ld " in your remote repository.
See an example in my project VonC/gtarsum .