What is GitHub?
The short answer
GitHub is a platform that hosts Git repositories online and adds collaboration tools like pull requests, issues and automated workflows.
GitHub, explained
Connecting a GitHub repository to a hosting platform makes every push a deploy.
Questions people ask about GitHub
What is GitHub?
GitHub is a platform that hosts Git repositories online and adds collaboration tools like pull requests, issues and automated workflows.
Related terms
Git is a version control system that records every change to a project's code, so teams can work in parallel, review changes and roll back mistakes.
Pull requestA pull request proposes merging one branch of code into another, where teammates review the changes and automated checks run before anything goes live.
CI/CDCI/CD is automation that checks and ships code: continuous integration runs builds and tests on every change, and continuous deployment releases what passes.
DOMThe DOM is the browser's live, tree-shaped model of a web page; JavaScript reads and changes the DOM to update what visitors see.
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