Intro to Git and GitHub | Washington, D.C.

About this workshop

Git, a distributed version control system, is a fundamental tool in modern software development, allowing teams to effectively track and manage changes to projects over time.

In this intro workshop learn about the purpose of version control (specifically Git and GitHub), the fundamental concepts of Git, and practice basic use cases and commands.

Takeaways

• Familiarity with Git in the command line and GitHub on the web
• Understanding the concepts of commits and branches
• Creating branches
• Committing changes
• Pulling and pushing changes to remote branches/servers
• Understanding project state with git status, git log, and git show

Prereqs & Preparation

• Basic familiarity with, or exposure to, your computer’s command-line/terminal
• Install and setup Git on your computer (https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git/)
• Create an account on Github.com