GitHub Fundamentals: Collaboration, Pull Requests and Actions

What you'll learn

• Create repositories, connect local projects and push and clone code.
• Open, review and merge pull requests with the right strategy.
• Track work with issues, milestones and projects, and contribute through forks.
• Protect branches and secure accounts and dependencies.
• Automate tests with Actions, publish releases and host sites with Pages.

Syllabus

Module 1: Getting Started

1. What is GitHub?
2. Account & Your First Repository
3. Connect a Local Repo

Module 2: Basic Collaboration

1. Pushing & Cloning
2. README Files

Module 3: Pull Requests

1. What is a Pull Request?
2. Opening a Pull Request
3. Reviewing a Pull Request
4. Merge Strategies

Module 4: Issues

1. Creating & Labeling Issues
2. Linking Issues to Pull Requests
3. Issues for Project Tracking

Module 5: Forking

1. Fork & Pull Request Workflow

Module 6: Branch Protection

1. Protecting the Main Branch
2. Security: 2FA, Dependabot & Secret Scanning

Module 7: GitHub Actions

1. CI/CD on GitHub
2. A Minimal Workflow

Module 8: GitHub Pages

1. Hosting a Static Site
2. Releases & Tags

Module 9: Team Features

1. Organizations & Teams