Learn Git and GitHub

Skill roadmap

Step by step guide to learn Git and GitHub in 2026

155 topics

Between Commits

Between Branches

Staged Changes

Unstaged Changes

Rewriting History

git reset

Viewing Diffs

Fast-Forward vs Non-FF

Squash

Handling Conflicts

Cherry Picking Commits

OAuth Apps

Learn the Basics

Usecases

Code Reviews

Documentation

Contribution Guidelines

CITATION files

Working in a Team

Intermediate Git Topics

Project Planning

Profile Readme

What is Version Control?

Why use Version Control?

Git vs Other VCS

Installing Git Locally

What is a Repository

GraphQL API

Creating Apps

Git Remotes

Creating Account

Branching Basics

Git Reflog

Git Bisect

Git Worktree

Git Attributes

Git LFS

GitHub Gists

GitHub Packages

GitHub Pages

GitHub Codespaces

GitHub Security

Creating Branch

Basic Collaboration

Private vs Public

Best Practices

GitHub Essentials

Adding / Updating

GitHub Actions

Git Stash Basics

History

Managing Tags

Pushing Tags

Git hooks

Checkout Tags

GitHub Releases

--soft

--hard

--mixed

Student Developer Pack

What and Why?

git commit --amend

git rebase

git filter-branch

git push --force

Tagging

PR from a Fork

Collaborators

GitHub API

Webhooks

GitHub Projects

Linear vs Non-Linear

HEAD

Detached HEAD

git log options

Undoing Changes

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git init

git config

Local vs Global Config

Repository Initialization

Working Directory

Cloning Repositories

Staging Area

Managing Remotes

Committing Changes

Pushing / Pulling Changes

Intro and Git Commands

Renaming Branch

Fetch without Merge

.gitignore

Deleting Branch

Viewing Commit History

Checkout Branch

Merging Basics

Rebase

Merge Strategies

GitHub Interface

Setting up Profile

Creating Repositories

Forking vs Cloning

Commit Messages

Markdown

Issues

Branch Naming

Project Readme

Pull Requests

PR Guidelines

GitHub Wikis

Labelling Issues / PRs

Creating PR

Saved Replies

Collaboration on GitHub

Mentions

Reactions

Commenting

Clean Git History

GitHub Discussions

Collaborators / Members

GitHub Organizations

Kanban Boards

Teams within Organization

Roadmaps

git revert

Automations

commit-msg

What and Why use?

post-checkout

post-update

pre-commit

Submodules

pre-push

Common Hooks

Git Patch

What are these?

GitHub Workflow

Client vs Server Hooks

YAML Syntax

GitHub CLI

Workflow Triggers

Workflow Expressions

Installation and Setup

Scheduled Worfklows

Repository management

Workflow Runners

Advanced Git Topics

Issue Management

Workflow Context

Pull Requests

Secrets and Env Vars

Use in Automation

Caching Dependencies

Storing Artifacts

Workflow Status

REST API

GitHub Apps

Marketplace Actions

GitHub Developer Tools

Deploying Static Websites

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Models

More GitHub Features

GitHub Marketplace

GitHub Education

Custom Domains

GitHub Sponsors

Static Site Generators

GitHub Classroom

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