title: Repository not visible on github.com
body: <p>Though I know GitHub by name since a long time. I have never made any intensive use of it.
  I am now trying to get into it and learn it seriously.</p>
  
  <p>Here is a question. I just used GitHub DeskTop to create a repository from a project I had and wanted to share.
  I went up to "Commit to master" and everything looked fine.
  But at that point when I went to github.com I was not able to see my new repository.</p>
  
  <p>After a while I discovered that I had to do a "Publish" for the repository to become visible on github.com.</p>
  
  <p>My question is: what is exactly the situation before the "Publish" operation?
  It is on GitHub but even I cannot access it?</p>
  
  <p>It may be a beginner question, but on GitHub I am a beginner.</p>