LearnGitBranching

LearnGitBranching: Visual Git Tutorial

Interactive Git tutorial website teaching version control fundamentals through visual lessons and exercises, including branch visualization for improved understanding

What is LearnGitBranching?

LearnGitBranching is an open-source, interactive Git tutorial website designed to help users learn the fundamental concepts behind Git version control. It uses visualization and gamification techniques to teach skills like committing, branching, merging, rebasing and more through a series of levels and challenges.

Rather than presenting walls of text explanations, LearnGitBranching allows users to manipulate commits and branches onscreen to see how different commands affect a repository over time. For example, when learning about merging branches, users can experiment with merge conflicts on editable commit timelines.

The tutorial is completely browser-based - no need to install Git or set up local repositories. Levels start very basic, covering concepts like commits and HEAD, then advance to more complex interactions between local and remote repositories. Challenges put acquired knowledge to the test.

LearnGitBranching aims not just to teach Git commands, but also the underlying mental models required to use Git proficiently with teams. Through practice visualizing branching strategies, users gain intuition that is hard to develop from traditional learning materials. The hands-on approach makes difficult ideas around rebasing approachable.

The project is open source on GitHub, allowing contributors to add new levels and translate content. It was created by Peter Cottle and has collected 30k+ stars on GitHub. LearnGitBranching is utilized by individuals learning Git as well as in classroom settings to teach version control fundamentals interactively.

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