Looking to get started with Git and GitHub? Did you always wonder what is Open Source and How you can contribute to it? Do you need to collaborate with a team? Do you want to work on an open source project? Then this session is for you. We will start from the basics of Git and GitHub and dive into the world of Open Source and all the exciting opportunities it holds for you. During this two-hour session, you will get a general overview of Git version control and GitHub from Mritunjay Kumar Sharma, a former GSoC Scholar @RTEMS and SiH'20 Winner. We will be joined by Ekta Mishra, Co-Founder @ Code for Cause, SDE Intern @ Red Hat and an Outreachy Finalist who will discuss what Open Source is? how you can contribute to it? What different programs like GSoC, Outreachy, MLH Fellowship, etc. Learning to use Git and GitHub is the first step towards getting familiar with Open Source and managing projects efficiently. This is the objective of the workshop for the 1st year members who are just beginning their journey to programming. Along with understanding what's what all we can do with Git, it's equally important to understand how to do it well. No prior programming experience is necessary.

1. Unfolding
Opportunities
In
Open-Source
By Ekta Mishra
Co-founder @Code for Cause

2. What is Open-Source?

3. About Open-Source
● Source Code
● Free Redistribution
● Derived Works
● Licensing
● Integrity of The Author's Source Code
Read more at https://opensource.org/docs/osd

4. Does
Open-Source
means “free”?

5. ● In terms of money, clearly say ‘no’.
● My article on this “Free as in beer Vs
Free as in speech”
● Wikipedia article “Comparison of free
and open-source software licences”

6. Why Open-Source?
Everyone wants to step into the world
But don’t know why?
● Live project
● Mentor support
● Friendly culture
● No process for selection
● No work pressure
● Amazing tech Stacks
● Increased interaction cycle

7. Prerequisites
for
contributing
in
Open Source
● Polite Nature
● Consistency
● Determination
● Helping Attitude
●

8. How to select projects & organisation?
● Explore your own interests
● Which skills are you comfortable with
● What all technology attracts you a lot
● Which are the things you are keen to learn

9. Beginner-Friendly Projects or Links
First-Timers-Only: https://www.firsttimersonly.com/
Code-Triage: https://www.codetriage.com/
IssueHub: http://issuehub.io/
First contributions: https://github.com/firstcontributions/first-contributions
Open-Source Friday: https://opensourcefriday.com/

10. Finding beginner-friendly issues!
● Labels like 'good-first-issue',
'difficulty-level:beginner' will help you a lot to
find that first issue which was just meant for
you :)
● Using 'Topics', topic that interests you, visit
github.com/topics/<topic>.
For example, if interested in machine learning,
you can find relevant projects and good first
issues by visiting
https://github.com/topics/machine-learning.
● If you already know what project you want to
work on, find beginner-friendly
issues: github.com/<owner>/<repository>/cont
ribute.
For example:
to electron/electron at https://github.com/elect
ron/electron/contribute.

11. 3 steps to kickstart in Open Source world!!
Set-up project locally & use Join public channels
Go through codebase & pick a good 1st issue

12. Programs involved in Open-Source

13. “Open source
is more than
just code, it is
about
community.”
“Open source
is not about
competitions,
but
collaborations.”

14. Connect with me :)
Ekta Mishra
Co-founder @Code for Cause
Mail: ekta@codeforcause.org
@darecoder @darecoder @darecoder

15. Introduction to
Git and GitHub
Mritunjay Sharma
01

16. Before we begin...
It's a small
storytime!
02
SEVEN BRIDGES OF KÖNIGSBERG

17. Euler's Version
03

18. BUT WHY DID I
TEACH YOU
GRAPH?
04

19. GIT REPO IS NOTHING BUT ONE GIANT
GRAPH!

20. “I’M AN EGOTISTICAL BASTARD, AND I
NAME ALL MY PROJECTS AFTER
MYSELF.
FIRST LINUX, NOW GIT.” – LINUS

21. GIT DIFF -WHY GIT?
Non-Linear Development
Git is optimised for cheap and efficient
branching and merging. It is
built to be worked on simultaneously by
many people, having multiple branches
developed by individual developers, being
merged,
branched and re-merged constantly.
Because of this, branching is
incredibly cheap and merging is incredibly
easy.
06
Distributed Development
Git is built to make distributed
development simple. No repository
is special or central in Git – each clone is
basically equal and could
generally replace any other one at any
time. It works completely
offline or with hundreds of remote
repositories that can push to and/
or fetch from each other over several
simple and standard protocols.
Efficiency
Git is very efficient.
Compared to many
popular SCM systems, it
seems downright
unbelievably fast. Most
operations are local,
which
reduces unnecessary
network overhead.

22. LET'S SETUP!
07
Download for OSX Download for Windows Download for Linux

23. THREE MAIN COMPONENTS OF A
GIT PROJECT
08

24. But hey? What's
GitHub?
GitHub is a company founded in 2008 that makes tools
which integrate with git. You do not need GitHub to use git,
but you cannot use GitHub without using git. There are
many other alternatives to GitHub, such as GitLab,
BitBucket, and “host-your-own” solutions such as gogs and
gittea. All of these are referred to in git-speak as
“remotes”, and all are completely optional. You do not
need to use a remote to use git, but it will make sharing
your code with others easier.

25. Let's git init!
Hands-on session
FTW!

26. What next?
Learn. Build. Fail. Learn. Succeed. Repeat.
11

27. https://try.github.io/
https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/setting-up-a-repository
https://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
https://onlywei.github.io/explain-git-with-d3/#
RESOURCES
FOR YOU!
13

28. GITHUB
STUDENT'S
DEVELOPER
PACK!
14

29. Questions? And more
Questions? Let's Connect!
@mritunjay394 linkedin/mritunjay394
mritunjaysharma.in
mritunjay-sharma.netlify.app
Two Personal Portfolios (lol!):