Meet GitHub

Get your code into the cloud

⏱ Est. ~4 min

01 · Read

So far, git has only been tracking your local files — everything lives on your computer. But what if your computer dies? What if you want to share your code with someone? That's where GitHub comes in.

💡 Picture thisgit is like a journal you keep to record every change. GitHub is like keeping a copy of that journal in a bank vault — backed up, safe, and shareable with others.

Key points

GitHub stores your code online as a backup
It lets others view, download, and contribute to your code
Almost all open-source software lives on GitHub
git works without GitHub, but GitHub needs git

02 · Quiz

What's the relationship between git and GitHub?

They're the same thing
GitHub is a programming language
git can only be used with GitHub
git tracks changes locally, GitHub puts them online

03 · Read

Three key commands connect your local git to GitHub. They're the bridge between your computer and the cloud.

Key points

git push — upload your commits to GitHub
git pull — fetch new commits from GitHub
git clone — download an entire project from GitHub for the first time

04 · Match

Match each git command to what it does.

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05 · Quiz

You want to download someone else's project from GitHub onto your computer. Which command do you use?

git clone
git push
git pull
git download

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