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Connect the dots in a GitHub repository

Useful tips when navigating through your repository.

Welcome

Have you ever worked in a repository with a lot of history? Perhaps you've had to track down related issues and pull requests in the past, or you've had to find who committed a particular change. If you've ever found yourself in any of these situations, you'll know how important it is to navigate your workspace.

  • Who is this for: Developers, GitHub users, users new to Git, students, managers, and teams.
  • What you'll learn:
    • Find relevant issues and pull requests.
    • Search history to find context.
    • Make connections within GitHub to help others find things.
  • What you'll build: Repository with existing commits, duplicated issues, and a content defect to be fixed.
  • Prerequisites: Before you take this course, you may want to go through the GitHub Quickstart introduction on GitHub Docs and Introduction to GitHub course on GitHub Skills.
  • How long: This course takes less than 15 min to complete.

In this course, you will:

  1. Resolve a duplicate issue.
  2. Find a commit in history.
  3. Fix a broken sidebar.

How to start this course

start-course

  1. Right-click Start course and open the link in a new tab.
  2. In the new tab, most of the prompts will automatically fill in for you.
    • For owner, choose your personal account or an organization to host the repository.
    • We recommend creating a public repository, as private repositories will use Actions minutes.
    • Scroll down and click the Create repository button at the bottom of the form.
  3. After your new repository is created, wait about 20 seconds, then refresh the page. Follow the step-by-step instructions in the new repository's README.

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