Git Tutorial for Absolute Beginners

This beginner course introduces Git, version control, and GitHub, then demonstrates common workflows for setting up repositories, tracking files, making commits, and sending code to GitHub while learning to code.

Syllabus

Intro
Welcome
What is Git?
What is Version Control?
What is GitHub?
Git Cheatsheet Download
Install Git
Install VS Code
Open a New Folder
Make Git Bash your Default Terminal
Check Git Version
Configure Git
Git Help
VS Code File Exclude Setting
Cloning a Tutorial Repository
Removing Git from a Tutorial
Creating Your Own Project Repository
Tell Git to Ignore a File
Adding All Files
Modified File Status
Discarding Changes
Making Commits
Sending Your Git Repository to GitHub
Remembering Credentials
Future Git Tutorial Topics