I can’t tell you how many of times I’ve wanted to quickly setup a new repo to add some files directly to it via the UI (see yesterday’s tip), but I forgot to click the Initialize this repository with a README checkbox on the /new page.
If you’re like me and you’ve realize you forgot to check the checkbox, you can add the file by clicking the README link in the list of recommended files.
Clicking README will automatically create a new README.md file for you to add via the GitHub.com UI.