{"id":181890,"date":"2024-03-21T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T08:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=181890"},"modified":"2024-03-07T21:25:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T20:25:48","slug":"git-vs-github-what-are-the-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/git-vs-github-what-are-the-differences","title":{"rendered":"Git vs GitHub: What are the differences?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"181890\" class=\"elementor elementor-181890\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ef8117 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"9ef8117\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bfd00d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bfd00d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Git and GitHub are two of the must-have software packages for web developers. One enables version management, while the other promotes web project hosting. Far from being competitors, they complement each other. Find out more about these two tools.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe68198 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"fe68198\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d132a4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d132a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Git?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-989d3b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"989d3b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Git<\/strong> is a distributed version control system (also known as DVCS) that is totally free. This platform was created by Linus Torvalds (founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/linux-the-preferred-os-for-developers\">Linux<\/a> kernel) in 2005.<\/p><p>In designing the tool, his aim was to manage the different versions of software for the projects he was working on.<\/p><p>Today, <strong>Git<\/strong> is the world&#8217;s most popular version manager. In fact, it is used in the vast majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/open-source-definition-use-cases-and-more\">open source<\/a> projects.<\/p><p>In concrete terms, Git stores all files in source code chronology. This enables developers to track changes in files and <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/unpacking-the-power-of-integrated-development-environments-ides\">software development projects.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8d14b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8d14b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Key Git concepts<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ba080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76ba080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To fully understand how the Git version manager works, we need to go back over its key concepts. Namely:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Decentralization:<\/strong> as a decentralized tool, Git gives every developer a complete copy of their source code history. It is therefore possible to work on a project offline, before merging modifications as soon as a connection is established.<\/li><li><strong>Repositories:<\/strong> these copies are stored in repositories (local or remote), known as Git repositories or repo repositories.<\/li><li><strong>Commits<\/strong>: all modifications are recorded in the form of &#8220;commits&#8221;. These are instantaneous snapshots of the state of the project at a given moment, with a message describing exactly what changes have been made.<\/li><li><strong>Branches:<\/strong> during software projects, you can create branches to develop new functionalities or solve problems. And all without disrupting the main development process. Changes made to the branch are only integrated once the new functionality is operational or the problem has been solved.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1f64a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb1f64a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">The benefits of Git<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a27a7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a27a7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If <strong>Git<\/strong> is one of the most widely used tools by developers, it&#8217;s for all the advantages it provides. These include<\/p><ul><li><strong>Version management:<\/strong> thanks to this feature, Git enables developers to collaborate efficiently on projects, manage merge conflicts and revert to earlier versions when necessary.<\/li><li><strong>A multiplatform tool:<\/strong> Git can be used on Windows, Linux and Mac.<\/li><li><strong>Two operating modes:<\/strong> for advanced developers, Git offers a command-line interface. And for the rest of us, it&#8217;s also possible to use the graphical interface for more intuitive navigation.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed233a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed233a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/git-vs-github1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d291e6a elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d291e6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover our Data training courses<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae5f867 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"ae5f867\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7389a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7389a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is GitHub?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c4543c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c4543c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">GitHub at a glance<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a4c732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a4c732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>GitHub<\/strong> is an online hosting service created in 2008. Today, the majority of open source projects are hosted on this platform. <strong>GitHub<\/strong> is so popular that it was even acquired by Microsoft in 2018. And since early 2023, the platform has passed the 100 million user mark.<\/p><p>Beyond hosting, <strong>GitHub<\/strong> is also used for collaborative software development, version management, collaboration on <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/programming-and-documenting-an-api-with-python-flask-swagger-and-connexion\">programming projects<\/a> and tracking <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/jupyter-notebook-an-indispensable-code-sharing-tool\">source code<\/a> changes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-febc903 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"febc903\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">GitHub features<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb0961 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cb0961\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let&#8217;s take a closer look at its features:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Repository hosting:<\/strong> you can create <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/gitlab-your-ultimate-guide-to-the-devops-centric-git-repository\">Git repositories<\/a> and use GitHub to store source code and documentation. Depending on your projects, you can make these repositories public or restrict access to authorized collaborators.<\/li><li><strong>Team project management:<\/strong> whether your repositories are private or public, you can easily share your source code and collaborate with other developers on a web project. To this end, several features are available, such as comments, notifications, code reviews, etc.<\/li><li><strong>Issues:<\/strong> tracking issues is simplified with GitHub, thanks to a system for reporting and managing bugs (with a list-based organization of tasks).<\/li><li><strong>Pull Requests:<\/strong> these are merge requests aimed at proposing modifications to a repository.<\/li><li><strong>GitHub Actions<\/strong>: a <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/all-about-ci-cd\">continuous integration and deployment (CI\/CD)<\/a> service. It enables you to automate a number of tasks, such as testing, package creation, server deployment and so on.<\/li><li><strong>GitHub pages:<\/strong> with this feature, you can publish static websites directly from your GitHub repositories.<\/li><li><strong>GitHub APIs:<\/strong> to create custom integrations, automate workflows and access <strong>GitHub<\/strong> data from other applications.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2867f2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"2867f2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-973ca7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"973ca7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What's the link between Git and GitHub?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4470ad4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4470ad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Git and GitHub are not competing services, but rather complementary ones. Most of the time, they are used together as part of a software development project.<\/p><p>In both cases, they provide source code management to facilitate the merging and sharing of code. But the way they work is radically different.<\/p><ul><li>GitHub provides a platform for hosting, sharing and collaborating on projects. Git, on the other hand, enables version management.<\/li><li>All modifications are recorded through Git Commits. But to view them in a repository, developers will need the GitHub repository.<\/li><li>While Git is mainly used on the command line and locally, GitHub offers users a user-friendly web interface for interacting with Git repositories.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bad2d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bad2d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ultimately,<strong> Git and GitHub<\/strong> together offer users a powerful environment for collaborative software development, version management and web project management.<\/p><p>As a <strong>DevOps operator,<\/strong> it is therefore essential to learn how to use these two tools. With DataScientest, you can do just that.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1183bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1183bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/git-vs-github2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cea966 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8cea966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find out more about our Data training courses<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d66458 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6d66458\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ab33a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29ab33a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Things to remember<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81e510d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81e510d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Git is a distributed version manager. It keeps track of all modifications made to a web development project.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">GitHub is one of the most popular hosting software packages. Thanks to its repositories, it can store different versions of web projects.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Far from being competitors, Git and GitHub are complementary. 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