Soho Home Database

This repository is set up to store and version your CSV database.

How to use

• Place your CSV files in the data/ directory.
• Avoid committing very large files (>100 MB) unless using Git LFS (configured below for *.csv).
• Use the commands in the section below to initialize the repo locally and push to GitHub.

Repository structure

data/          # Put your CSV files here
README.md      # This guide
.gitignore     # Files to ignore
.gitattributes # Git LFS for large CSVs

Add your CSV

1. Copy your CSV file(s) into the data/ folder.
2. (Optional) If a CSV is very large (>100 MB), Git LFS will handle it automatically.
3. If you want to preview or clean your CSVs, you can use spreadsheet tools or Python/R notebooks locally—no tooling is required in this repo.

Initialize locally and push to GitHub

Follow these steps in your terminal after you add your CSVs:

# From the repo root
git init
git lfs install
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit: add data and repo scaffold"

# Create a new GitHub repo (via website or gh CLI), then set origin:
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/<your-username>/<your-repo>.git
git push -u origin main

If you have the GitHub CLI installed, you can create and push in one go:

gh repo create <your-repo> --public --source=. --remote=origin --push

Notes

• Git LFS is configured for *.csv to avoid large-file issues. Install LFS once with:

git lfs install

After that, future clones will fetch large files correctly.