All About GitHub

Quesiton	Answer
What is a version control system?	"A version control system is a system that records changes to a file or set of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later."
What is a Git?	A Git, "is a version control system used for tracking changes in computer files."
What is GitHub?	"Github is a platform and cloud-based service for software devolopment and version control, allowing developers to store and manage their code."
What is the difference between a Git and GitHub?	"Git is version control system that allows developers to track change in their code, while GitHub is a web-based hosting service for git repositories."
Who started GitHub and how was it started?	The founders of GitHub were Chris Wanstrath and PJ Hyett and they started GitHub because of the dificulties they faced as programmers when creating websites.
What company owns it now?	Microsoft
How much does a GitHub account cost?	The creation of an account is free, but their are monthly subscriptions that give users more features.
What is the Octocat?	The Octocat, which is GitHub's mascott, is a cat with 5 octopus tentacles.

Git/GitHub Terms:

Repository - "It's a place where you can store your code, your files, and each file's revison history."
Commit - A command to "save your changes to the local repository."
Fork - "A new repository that shares code and visibility settings with the original "upstream" repository."
Push - "Used to upload local repository content to a remote repository."
Pull Requests - "Let you tell others about changes you've pushed to a branch in a repository on GitHub."
Workflows - "A configurable automated process that will run one or more jobs."
Issues - "Let you track yourk work on GitHub."
Raw Button - Lets you "view or copy the raw content of a file without any styling."
Blame Button - "Used to examine the contents of a file line by line and see when each line was last modified and who the author of the modifications was."