What is Git and GitHub Basics?
Git and GitHub Basics Training
The Git and GitHub Basics certificate program is designed to take you from absolute beginner to confident user of the world's most popular version control system. This course teaches you how to track changes in your code, manage project history, and collaborate seamlessly with other developers using Git and GitHub. It is ideal for aspiring developers, computer science students, and professionals who want to master version control as part of their daily workflow. By the end, you will be able to create repositories, make commits, branch and merge with confidence, and contribute to team projects via pull requests.
The program is structured as a beginner-friendly progression, starting with version control fundamentals and gradually moving into advanced topics like history rewriting and conflict resolution. Each lesson balances concise theory with hands-on practice, ensuring you not only understand concepts but also apply them immediately. You will build four core skill areas: version control operations, branching and merging strategies, collaborative workflows on GitHub, and leveraging GitHub features like Actions, Projects, and Pages. With the capstone project, you will integrate everything into a real-world scenario, making this the perfect time to enroll as Git and GitHub skills are now essential for any software role.
What is Git and GitHub Basics?
Git is a distributed version control system that records changes to files over time, allowing multiple developers to work on the same codebase without overwriting each other's work. It operates through repositories, which contain the complete history of a project, and uses concepts like commits, branches, and merges to manage that history. GitHub is a cloud-based platform that hosts Git repositories and adds a collaborative layer with features such as pull requests, issue tracking, and code review. Together, they form the backbone of modern software development, enabling teams to coordinate, share, and maintain code efficiently.
Today, Git and GitHub are not just tools but industry standards. Nearly every software company, from startups to tech giants like Google and Microsoft, relies on Git for version control, while GitHub hosts over 100 million developers and serves as the primary hub for open-source projects. The rise of remote work and DevOps practices has made version control skills more critical than ever, as teams must collaborate asynchronously across time zones. Additionally, GitHub's continuous integration and deployment features, such as Actions, have transformed how code is tested and shipped, making Git and GitHub knowledge a prerequisite for modern engineering roles.
Mastering Git and GitHub builds a versatile skill stack that extends beyond simple code management. You gain proficiency in tracking changes, resolving merge conflicts, and implementing branching strategies—skills that directly translate to better collaboration and code quality. These abilities are valuable in software engineering, data science, web development, and even technical writing, where version control is used for documentation and content management. On a personal level, you can manage your own projects, experiment with ideas, and build a public portfolio on GitHub, while professionally you become a more effective team member capable of contributing to open source and enterprise codebases alike.
What Will This Course Bring You?
- Explain the core principles of version control and differentiate between distributed and centralized systems.
- Install Git, configure user identity and preferred editor, and initialize a repository for a new project.
- Stage files, create an initial commit with a descriptive message, and verify the commit in the log.
- Analyze commit history using git log and git diff, and revert or reset changes to restore previous states.
- Create and merge branches to manage parallel development, and resolve merge conflicts when they arise.
- Synchronize local and remote repositories on GitHub, and collaborate by opening, reviewing, and merging pull requests.
- Apply interactive rebase and cherry-pick to rewrite commit history, and implement a branching workflow such as GitHub Flow.
- Automate project workflows using GitHub Actions, manage tasks with GitHub Projects, and publish static sites with GitHub Pages.
Curriculum
12 Units1. Version Control Fundamentals
30 min
2. Installing and Configuring Git
30 min
3. Your First Commit
30 min
4. Exploring History and Undoing Changes
30 min
5. Branching and Merging
30 min
6. Remote Repositories and GitHub
30 min
7. Collaboration with Pull Requests
30 min
8. Advanced Branching and History Rewriting
30 min
9. Git Workflows and Best Practices
30 min
10. Resolving Conflicts and Troubleshooting
30 min
11. GitHub Features: Actions, Projects, and Pages
30 min
12. Capstone Project: Applying Git and GitHub
30 min
Exam – Git and GitHub Basics
20 Questions • 70% Pass • 30 min
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Exam – Git and GitHub Basics
20 Questions • Pass: 70% • 30 min
Course Duration
360
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Git and GitHub Basics Certificate Program
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Those who pass the 20-question, 30-minute exam with 70% receive the Git and GitHub Basics Certificate.
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CERTIFICATE FEE
At the end of the course, an online exam consisting of 20 questions with a 30-minute time limit is given. The exam appears automatically after you complete the topics. Anyone who scores at least 70 out of 100 on the certificate exam is awarded the Git and GitHub Basics Document (certificate of attendance). You can add the certificate you earn to your CV for job applications in the many sectors listed above, and use it as a reference proving that you took this interactive course.
The Certificate of Achievement you receive with the Git and GitHub Basics course program holds value that proves your personal and professional development in the business world. By adding it to your CV, it can serve as an important reference in your job applications. Moreover, compared with certificates from other private training institutions, Catch Wisdom certificates are offered to our participants at a much more affordable price.
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