GIT is a widely used source code management system for software development. It was designed and developed in 2005 by Linux kernel developers (e.g. Linus Torvalds) for Linux kernel development.

GIT is a distributed version control system with complete history & version-tracking capabilities. [Other version control systems you may have heard of are Subversion, CVS, Perforce, and ClearCase]

GIT is FREE & distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. More @ https://git-scm.com/

Github is web-based GIT repository hosting service. It offers all of the distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features - for example, native interpretation of markdown which is MUCH easier to code/write than HTML - very lightweight code for creating documents.

Github, unlike Git, which is strictly a command-line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface and desktop as well as mobile integration. Github provides access control and collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.

Setup a Github account at https://github.com/. Choose a username, enter your email and a password.

From here you can create a new repository, setup your profile and more…

NOTE: The 1st time, I suggest initializing with a README file…

Note the "Download ZIP" and "Fork" buttons…

• Download the repository as a ZIPped file
  • simple and fast
  • need to download again if/when changes occur to original
• Fork an existing repository to your own Guthub account
  • allows you to stay current
  • if you make changes, you can suggest those changes to the original author who can accept or reject
• Download the Github Desktop Client
  • Download at https://desktop.github.com/
  • use client to create or clone a repository
  • easy to stay synched between local computer/system and Github repository(ies)

Search for a Repository or Author's site

Go to repository, click "FORK"

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This should work if you haven't made changes…

Note the "SHA" code

The SHA code is used to explicitly ID the repository version (snapshot) - example in Github client