A brief introduction to Git/GitHub
Course Overview
This course provides a brief introduction to Git and GitHub.
The focus is on getting you set up so you can start using Git/GitHub. The information we provide is not a thorough course on Git/GitHub. You’ll be doing a lot of learning as you go once you start using these tools.
This course focuses on the how of Git/GitHub, and only briefly talks about the big-picture for why to use Git/GitHub.
Course Goals
- Understand what Git and GitHub are and what they are good for.
- Install Git and create and set up a GitHub account.
- Be able to perform basic Git/GitHub operations.
- Set up a Git/GitHub workflow to work on projects.
- Be aware of some of the limitations and pitfalls of using Git/GitHub.
- Be familiar with resources that you can use to learn more.
Course Prerequisites
We show how to use Git/GitHub with Positron. For that, you should be familiar with Positron at least at the level covered in our Brief Introduction to Positron course.
If you don’t want to use Git/GitHub through Positron, you can skip that part of the course and still follow along with the rest.
Course Content
The course covers these topics (and more):
- Introduction
- Install and Setup
- Basic uses
- Important caveats and limitations
- Further Resources