Git & GitHub Crash Course for Beginners [2026]

Learn Git and GitHub from scratch with clear examples, real workflows, branching, merging, stashing, rebase, pull requests, and more. Perfect for beginners who want strong foundations. 📚Resources 🔗 Git/GitHub Cheatsheet - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17sW4f865u/ 🔗 logicBase Labs YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/@logicBaseLabs 🔗 Sumit Saha Personal Website - https://www.sumitsaha.me 🔗 Sumit Saha freeCodeCamp Handbooks - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/author/sumitsaha 🔗 logicBaseLabs LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/logicbaselabs/ 🔗 logicBaseLabs X - https://x.com/@logicBaseLabs 🔗 logicBaseLabs Facebook - https://facebook.com/@logicBaseLabs ❤️ Support for this channel comes from our friends at Scrimba – the coding platform that's reinvented interactive learning: https://scrimba.com/freecodecamp ⏱️ Chapters - 0:00:00 Introduction to the Course - 0:01:04 What is Git & Version Control? - 0:04:01 Git vs. GitHub Explained - 0:05:41 Git Architecture: Local vs. Remote - 0:09:37 Installing Git (Windows, Mac, Linux) - 0:10:41 Terminal Setup & Verifying Installation - 0:11:57 Creating a Local Project & Files - 0:14:41 git init: Initializing a Repository - 0:16:04 Creating a Remote Repository on GitHub - 0:18:05 git clone: Cloning a Repository - 0:20:20 git status: Tracking Changes - 0:21:43 git add: Staging Changes - 0:23:40 git add Variations (., -A, specific files) - 0:24:30 git reset: Unstaging Files - 0:30:22 git commit: Saving Changes Permanently - 0:32:00 Configuring Git User Name & Email - 0:34:13 git reset HEAD: Undoing Last Commit - 0:35:32 git rm: Deleting Files - 0:37:00 git rm --cached: Stop Tracking Files - 0:39:50 git log: Viewing Commit History - 0:40:58 Git Branching Explained - 0:43:53 git checkout: Switching Branches - 0:45:50 git merge: Combining Branches - 0:47:43 Resolving Merge Conflicts - 0:52:13 Checking Out Previous Commits (Time Travel) - 0:54:26 git diff: Comparing Commits - 0:55:50 Understanding Push, Fetch, and Pull - 0:57:18 git push: Uploading to GitHub - 0:58:43 git fetch vs. git pull - 1:00:24 git restore: Discarding Local Changes - 1:03:16 git stash: Saving Unfinished Work - 1:09:47 git revert: Undoing Commits Safely - 1:12:18 git rebase: Cleaning Up History - 1:16:48 Pull Requests (PR) & Collaboration - 1:19:57 Conclusion & Cheat Sheet 🎉 Thanks to our Champion and Sponsor supporters: 👾 Drake Milly 👾 Ulises Moralez 👾 Goddard Tan 👾 David MG 👾 Matthew Springman 👾 Claudio 👾 Oscar R. 👾 jedi-or-sith 👾 Nattira Maneerat 👾 Justin Hual -- Learn to code for free and get a developer job: https://www.freecodecamp.org Read hundreds of articles on programming: https://freecodecamp.org/news