For those who’ve wondered about Git and GitHub, but haven’t had the opportunity to work with it, campus Software Carpentry instructors will provide guided hands-on experience. You’ll learn how Git-style version control works, how to get started, the differences between adds and commits, the differences between pushes and pulls, what a pull request is good for, and basic conflict resolution. This introductory workshop is for people who are either new to Git or unclear about the way the different commands work. The next workshop, Advanced Git, will delve into topics like checkouts, rebasing, branch management, and the ways developers use Git for collaboration in the real world. Basic familiarity with the command line will be helpful. You can either bring your own laptop (including Windows or Mac machines) or use one of the Linux machines available in the computer lab where we plan to hold this workshop.