GitHub for Beginners
Git and GitHub from your first commit to your first merged pull request on a real open source project.
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MODULE 1 Git basics
- What Git and GitHub areHow Git tracks changes, what GitHub adds on top, and the words you will meet in every tutorial.
- Create your first repository on GitHubCreate a repository on GitHub, add a README and save your first commit.
- Create a repository from the command lineCreate a new repository on GitHub from your terminal and push your first files to it.COMING SOON
MODULE 2 Contributing to open source
- Fork, clone and sync a projectCopy a project with a fork, work on it locally and keep your copy up to date with the original.COMING SOON
- Your first recodehive pull requestFork a practice repository, make a change in the browser and open your first pull request.
- How open source projects actually workHow maintainers, contributors and issues fit together in a real open source project.COMING SOON
MODULE 3 Your GitHub profile
- Build your profile READMECreate the special profile repository and use it to introduce yourself.
- GitHub achievements and what they meanWhat the achievement badges ask for and how to earn each one honestly.COMING SOON
MODULE 4 Work faster on GitHub
- Plan your work with GitHub ProjectsOrganize issues and pull requests on a project board so you always know what comes next.COMING SOON
- Code in the browser with CodespacesTurn on Codespaces and write code in a ready made development environment in your browser.COMING SOON
- Get free tools with the Student Developer PackApply for the GitHub Student Developer Pack and unlock the free tools that come with it.COMING SOON
- Pair program with GitHub CopilotUse GitHub Copilot as an assistant while you code, and learn where to trust it and where to check it.COMING SOON
- Hand off tasks to the Copilot coding agentAssign an issue to the Copilot coding agent and review the pull request it opens for you.COMING SOON
MODULE 5 Keep your account safe
- GitHub security features you should turn onThe account and repository security settings worth turning on from the first day.COMING SOON
- Recover a suspended GitHub accountWhat to do when GitHub suspends your account and how to ask for it back.COMING SOON
MODULE 6 GitHub Sponsors
- Set up your GitHub Sponsors profileCreate your GitHub Sponsors profile so people can support the open source work you do.COMING SOON
- Sponsor developers you depend onFind the developers behind the tools you use and sponsor them through GitHub.COMING SOON
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