# skills/introduction-to-github

Get started using GitHub in less than an hour.

Repository: https://github.com/skills/introduction-to-github
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/introduction-to-github
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: git, branches, commits, pull-requests, skills-course
Last push: 2026-06-22T16:04:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1700, "days_push": 72, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10441, forks 18638 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:42.001094+00:00)

## What it is
An interactive GitHub Skills exercise that teaches new users repositories, branches, commits, and pull requests in under an hour. Learners copy the exercise repo to their account and follow bot-guided steps to create a branch, commit a file, and merge a pull request.

## Use cases
- learn github basics
- how to create a pull request
- git branches and commits tutorial for beginners
- first day on github exercise
- make a github profile readme
- hands-on git learning course

## When to choose
- you are brand new to GitHub or Git
- you want a quick guided hands-on exercise rather than reading docs
- you are a student or educator introducing version control

## When to avoid
- you already know branching, commits, and pull requests
- you need deep Git or GitHub Actions training
- you want offline or self-paced material without GitHub Actions

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools, version-control
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, tutorials, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: github-skills, git-tutorial, hands-on-exercise, beginner-friendly, pull-requests, github-actions-bot, web-server

## Member repositories
- skills/introduction-to-github (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:42.001094+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:19:01.638048+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/skills/introduction-to-github (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:42.001094+00:00, sha 89e30f4b29e3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.