Git & GitHub Full Tutorial 2026 | Branching, Stash, Reset & More

🚀 In this video, I give you a complete, practical guide to Git & GitHub — covering everything from understanding the difference between the two, to setting up your identity, pushing your first project, creating feature branches, and raising pull requests for code review. Whether you're a beginner or someone who wants to finally understand Git properly for Data & AI projects, this is the video to bookmark. ⏱ Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 0:43 – Git vs GitHub — what's the difference? 2:00 – Verifying Git installation (git --version) 3:15 – Configuring your identity (git config --global) 9:41 – Setup complete ✅ 10:46 – Creating a project & git init 12:30 – The 3 states: Working Dir → Staging (git add) → Local Repo (git commit) 17:00 – Writing your first commit message 21:20 – Core workflow complete ✅ 22:40 – Connecting to GitHub (git remote add origin) 27:00 – Pushing to the cloud (git push) 31:00 – Branching strategy & feature branches (git checkout -b) 37:00 – Creating a Pull Request on GitHub 42:00 – Code review, approval & merging 44:47 – Wrap up & what's coming next (git log, reset, stash) 🔧 Git Commands Covered: • git --version → verify installation • git config --global → set name & email • git init → initialise local repo • git add → move to staging area • git commit -m → save to local repo • git remote add origin → link to GitHub • git push / git pull → sync with remote • git checkout -b → create feature branch • Pull Requests → review & merge on GitHub 📥 Download Git → https://git-scm.com 🐙 GitHub → https://github.com 💻 VS Code → https://code.visualstudio.com ▶️ Next in the series: Advanced Git — git log, git reset, git stash & rollbacks 👍 If this helped, smash the like button and subscribe for more Data & AI tutorials! #Git #GitHub #GitTutorial #VersionControl #GitBranching #PullRequest #GitInit #DevSetup2026 #DataEngineering #LearnGit #CodingForBeginners #SoftwareDevelopment #OpenSource #DataAndAIwithVK #TechTutorial