Learn about the basics of version control, GitHub and its various features in this free online course. GitHub is a strong version control tool that utilises Git, a piece of open-source version control software, to take note of all code commitments and contributors. Many features are available and accessible within this collaborative platform. This course focuses on the basics of GitHub like setting up an account and creating repositories, branches, commits, issues and pull requests. It also covers the fundamentals of version control and Git.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 195458 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Define ‘version control’ and ‘version control systems’ • Identify the differences between Git and GitHub • Summarise GitHub workflow • Recognise different available features in GitHub • Outline a repository in GitHub • Analyse issues in GitHub • Indicate notifications in GitHub • Recognise branches and make commits in GitHub • Explain pull requests and deploy a web page to GitHub pages in GitHub |
| Course Code | 4547 |

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