Connect to GitHub for backups and history - shippingszn launch readiness

GitHub is an external service that stores every version of your code, forever. Even if your project on your builder gets deleted, broken, or accidentally rolled back too far, GitHub has every version you ever pushed. It's also how anyone else (a co-founder, a contractor) collaborates with you.

Most builders have their own undo/checkpoint history, but having your code in a second place is one more disaster you'll never have. Plus: when you eventually want to hire a real developer, the first thing they'll ask is "can I have GitHub access?"

The shippingszn CLI includes automated checks for this launch-readiness control.

The Launch Fix Kit keeps scan-specific findings, file and line evidence, AI-builder punch-list tasks, and verification steps tied to the paid report.

Create a free GitHub account if you don't have one.
In your builder, connect your project to a new GitHub repository — most have a one-click GitHub button in their Git or Version Control pane.
Make the repo private if your code includes business logic you don't want copied.
Confirm your secrets are NOT being pushed. Most builders exclude their secrets store by default, but double-check there's no .env file or hardcoded key leaking through. If anything sensitive made it in, rotate the keys at the source service immediately.
Push regularly — at least daily, ideally after every meaningful change.

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Canonical URL: https://shippingszn.com/i/github/