Git & GitHub Crash Course for Beginners | Complete Guide from Scratch
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.
📌 What You'll Learn from this video
✓ The difference between Git and GitHub in the simplest way
✓ How Git tracks your work using the working directory, staging area, and repository
✓ Core Git commands: add, commit, status, log, reset, restore, rm
✓ How to work with branches, merge updates, and fix merge conflicts
✓ How to push, pull, and sync your code with GitHub
✓ Using stash, revert, and rebase to handle real-world workflows
✓ How pull requests work and why teams use them
📚Resources
🔗 Git/GitHub Cheatsheet - / 17sw4f865u
🔗 Sumit Saha Personal Website - https://www.sumitsaha.me
🔗 Sumit Saha freeCodeCamp Handbooks - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/aut...
🔗 logicBaseLabs LinkedIn Page - / logicbaselabs
🔗 logicBaseLabs X - https://x.com/@logicBaseLabs
🔗 logicBaseLabs Facebook - / @logicbaselabs
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Git & GitHub
02:15 Why Version Control Matters
05:40 How Git Works (Core Concepts)
08:55 Installing Git on Windows/Mac/Linux
12:10 Creating Your First Git Project (git init)
15:30 Understanding git status
18:45 Staging Files with git add
22:05 Committing Changes (git commit)
25:20 Deleting Files Safely (git rm, --cached, -f)
28:35 Viewing Commit History (git log)
31:10 Working with Branches (git branch, checkout)
35:20 Merging Branches
38:15 Merge Conflicts Explained
42:00 Checking Out Older Commits
44:30 Comparing Versions with git diff
47:20 Pushing to GitHub (git push)
50:45 Fetch vs Pull (git fetch, git pull)
54:10 Undoing Changes Safely (git restore)
57:30 Saving Temporary Work (git stash)
01:00:50 Reverting Commits (git revert)
01:04:10 Understanding Git Rebase
01:08:30 Creating a Pull Request on GitHub
01:12:00 Reviewing & Merging a PR
01:15:20 Wrap Up & Final Thoughts