This Git and GitHub tutorial for beginners teaches how to use these source code version control tools that are at the heart of modern app development.

Learn how to add a GitHub repository to VS Code as well as how to install a handy extension to manage pull requests and issues.

The tool dovetails with GitHub Education, a service that provides classrooms with free private code repositories where teachers and students can post code and collaborate.

Only the git init command has the power to create a new Git repository. This simple version control tutorial shows you how to use the git init command.