What is GIT?

DVCS - Distributed Version Control System

Git allows groups of people to work on the same documents (often code) at the same time, and without stepping on each other's toes. It's a distributed version control system.

• Git is open source software originally created by Linus Torvalds.
• Git manages team files for large and small projects. This allows the team to continuously improve its product.
• It is used by most major technology companies.
• It is a core component of DevOps, continuous delivery pipelines and cloud native computing.

Github Markdown

For making your README files and other informational files look pretty, you can use the built in markdown language. Here's a couple of basics

For Bold text use ** your text ** or __ your text __

For Italics text use * your text * or _ your text _

For Strike-though use ~~ your text ~~

For a bullet-point list use * list item

For a numbered list use 1. list item

For inline links wrap link text in brackets [ ], and then wrap the URL in parentheses ( ).
eg [your link text] (https://your.link.com/)

Headings use a preceding # before your text. The more hashes you add, the smaller the heading.
eg # your text would be the largest heading ###### your text would be the smallest heading

To enbed an image like the logo on this page, use ![alternate text](https://your-link-to-an-image.png)
If your logo is in the root directory of your repo, you can simply use ![alternate text](image.png)

Tables

| First Header  | Second Header | 
| ------------- | ------------- |  
| Content Cell  | Content Cell  |  
| Content Cell  | Content Cell  |  

Results in:

First Header	Second Header
Content Cell	Content Cell
Content Cell	Content Cell

For more in-depth markdown techniques, check out these links:

• https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet
• https://help.github.com/categories/writing-on-github/