For new programmers and IT learners who want to track changes and collaborate on files. Basic command-line familiarity helps with the demonstrations, and advanced sections can be revisited later.
About this course
Explore version control and collaboration through Google's Git and GitHub video lessons. The playlist includes introductions, collaboration tools, a beginner tutorial, advanced Git topics, and a combined crash course. It provides several ways to revisit the core workflow.
What you can learn
- Understand repositories, commits, and change history
- Explore collaboration through GitHub workflows
- Recognize branching and more advanced Git operations
Course at a glance
| Provider | |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · Grow with Google |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Beginner — WikiFree audience assessment |
| Main language | English |
| Available videos | 5 |
| Video duration | 4h 2m · allow extra time for practice |
| Details checked | 8 October 2026 |
Who is this for?
For new programmers and IT learners who want to track changes and collaborate on files. Basic command-line familiarity helps with the demonstrations, and advanced sections can be revisited later.
Put the ideas into practice
Create a disposable repository for a small text project. Make clear commits, work on a separate branch, and compare the changes before merging. Practice with sample files rather than important production code.
Choose a video from the lesson list, search for a topic, or use Previous and Next to follow the official playlist order. Mark lessons complete as you go. Your progress is saved in this browser without requiring a WikiFree account.
Free videos and certificate access
These publicly available YouTube videos are free to watch. This listing does not include a Google Career Certificate, graded assignments, or access to a separate paid learning program. Some playlists introduce or preview a larger certificate curriculum. Any certificate enrollment and its current terms are separate from watching here.
Software, advertising, cloud services, and some AI features shown in the videos may require an account or a paid plan. Watching does not require purchasing those optional services. Recorded interfaces can differ from current versions.
The combined crash course revisits topics from the shorter lessons. Choose the format that fits your study session; both remain in the official order.
Use this course in a learning path
- Free Git and GitHub Collaboration Learning PathCourse resource in this path
- Junior DevOps Engineer Career Path: Courses and Portfolio ProjectResource 02
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Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free Git and GitHub Course by Google | Beginner | Understand repositories, commits, and change history · Explore collaboration through GitHub workflows · Recognize branching and more advanced Git operations | 4h 2m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free Simplilearn Course: Git and GitHub Version Control | Beginner | Commits · Branches · Collaboration | 12h 55m of video; practice time is additional |
| Git and GitHub Workflow Fundamentals: Free Course | Beginner | Git · GitHub · Branching | 16m of video; practice time is additional |
| The Missing Semester: Free Developer Tools Course | Intermediate | Command-line fluency · Development environments · Debugging and profiling | 10h 2m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: Google. Videos play from the Grow with Google channel on YouTube.
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