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Introduction to GitHub

Get started using GitHub in less than an hour.

Welcome

People use GitHub to build some of the most advanced technologies in the world. Whether you’re visualizing data or building a new game, there’s a whole community and set of tools on GitHub that can help you do it even better. GitHub Skills’ “Introduction to GitHub” exercise guides you through everything you need to start contributing in less than an hour.

In this exercise, you will:

  1. Create a branch
  2. Commit a file
  3. Open a pull request
  4. Merge your pull request

How to start this exercise

Simply copy the exercise to your account, then give your favorite Octocat (Mona) about 20 seconds to prepare the first lesson, then refresh the page.

Having trouble? 🤷

When copying the exercise, we recommend the following settings:

  • For owner, choose your personal account or an organization to host the repository.

  • We recommend creating a public repository, since private repositories will use Actions minutes.

If the exercise isn't ready in 20 seconds, please check the Actions tab.

  • Check to see if a job is running. Sometimes it simply takes a bit longer.

  • If the page shows a failed job, please submit an issue. Nice, you found a bug! 🐛


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这是什么?这是一个 GitHub Skills 动手练习,让完全的新手在一小时之内,全程在 github.com 上学会使用 GitHub——仓库、分支、提交和拉取请求。
它是只能阅读的课程,还是需要动手操作?需要动手操作:你要在自己的练习仓库副本里做练习,当你创建真实的分支、提交和拉取请求时,GitHub Actions 会逐步检查你的每一步。
我该怎么开始这个练习?先把练习复制到你的 GitHub 账号下,等大约 20 秒让 Mona 准备好第一课,然后刷新页面。请选择公开仓库——私有仓库会消耗 Actions 的时长。
开始之前我需要先会 Git 吗?不需要——没有任何前置要求。它是面向新手开发者、GitHub 新用户和学生的第一天入门教程,用时不到一小时。
复制之后第一课一直没有出现怎么办?查看 Actions 标签页:可能还有任务在运行——有时候确实需要更长时间。如果看到任务失败了,请提交一个 issue 来反馈。
GitHub Skills 是什么?它是这个练习所属的官方动手学习项目;这门课程是起点,会带你认识仓库、分支、提交和拉取请求。
Mona 是谁?她是 GitHub 的章鱼猫吉祥物——你复制练习大约 20 秒后,她会为你准备好第一课,之后 Actions 工作流会一步一步引导你完成。
可以用组织而不是我的个人账号来托管这个练习吗?可以——复制时你可以选择个人账号或组织作为仓库的所有者。仍然建议用公开仓库,这样就不会消耗 Actions 的时长。
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