Learning Git (1)

This article introduces Git for the beginner.

Requirements

Learning and using Git requires:

• An account with a Git hosting service
  • Or, run your own Git server
• A Git client, for example GitHub Desktop.

Git hosting services

See GitHub.

Git clients

See Git client and GitHub Desktop.

Git servers

See Git server.

Terminology

• Fork
• Clone

See also

• Git (software)
• Revision control

External links

GitHub links:

• GitHub Guides
• Hello World
• Set Up Git @ GitHub
• Getting Started with GitHub Desktop

General links:

• Get Started with Git - Al Shaw November 02, 2010
• Getting Started with Git - Karen Baker

June 06, 2013

• Ry’s Git Tutorial
• Got 15 minutes and want to learn Git? - interactive tutorial
• Git Cheat Sheet
• Git for Beginners
• Getting Started with Git: The Fundamentals
• Getting started with Version Control @ Stack Overflow
• Git tutorial @ git-scm.com
• Getting Started @ git-scm.com
• Git Basics @ git-scm.com
• Git Basics @ Team Treehouse
• Git for Beginners - Lauren Norsini
• Quickly Get Started with Git
• Starting With Git!
• [Good Resources for Learning Git and GitHub]

Videos:

• Getting Started with Git and GitHub - Derek Dahmer
• Getting Started with GitHub + Git @ YouTube
• How to Get Started @ YouTube

Bonus video:

• Please. Stop Using Git. - Matthew McCullough - speech by Matthew McCollough, inventor of Git