Learn GitHub for Builders with Phoebe · Tech track

The terminal + GitHub workflow - for builders

Six sessions that take you from the GitHub web UI to the real command-line workflow engineers use every day. git from the terminal, branches and PRs via gh, merge conflicts without fear, CI you author yourself. One real repo - my-project - taken from git init to protected-main-with-CI-and-releases. This is the tech companion to the non-tech track.

6sessions
7hands-on build-alongs
1CLI-driven repo you ship
git + gh+ Actions
New to GitHub entirely? Start with the non-tech track first - it builds the mental map in the browser, then this track takes you to the terminal.
🧬 Session 1 · foundation

Git under the hood

The one mental model that makes every command obvious: git stores snapshots and moves pointers. Install, configure, and make your first commits by hand.

▶ Start herethe mental model 🔁 Session 2 · foundation

The daily loop

status → add → commit → push/pull as muscle memory. Remotes, .gitignore, commit-message hygiene, and the undo toolbox in safe tiers.

the rhythm 🌿 Session 3 · core

Branches + PRs from the CLI

switch -c, push -u, and PRs via gh pr create. Trunk-based flow, the review deep half - request changes, suggestions, CODEOWNERS, draft PRs.

the team workflow ⚔️ Session 4 · core

Merge conflicts without fear

Why conflicts happen, reading the markers, resolving in your editor. merge vs rebase intuition, plus stash and cherry-pick as surgical tools.

the fear-killer 🤖 Session 5 · stretch

Actions authoring

YAML anatomy - on, jobs, steps, uses, run. Write real CI that lints and tests every PR, use the marketplace, read a failed run's logs.

CI you author 🚀 Session 6 · stretch

Ship like a professional

Tags, releases, and semver. Branch protection that makes the green check a gate. Auto-deploy Pages on merge, and the professional-repo scorecard.

graduationpro-repo scorecard
foundation - the model and the loop core - branches, PRs, conflicts stretch - CI, releases, protection

Choose your path 🗺️

Everyone starts at Session 1 - the snapshot-and-pointer model carries every command afterward.

🖥️ Coming from the web UI 1→ 2→ 3→ the browser workflow, now on the command line
🤝 Team workflow 1→ 3→ 4→ 5→ branch, PR, resolve, and gate with CI
🌱 The full journey 1→ 2→ 3→ 4→ 5→ 6→ recommended

✓ What this course is

The real terminal workflow: git from the command line, branching, PRs via gh, merge-conflict resolution, Actions and CI you author yourself, releases, and branch protection. Everything a builder needs to run a repo the way engineers do.

✗ What it is not

Not the browser-only basics - those live in the non-tech track. No Copilot / AI pair-programming (AI-literacy course, coming). No CodeQL / security scanning (security course, coming). Boundaries kept on purpose.

The knowledge map 🧠

The whole course at a glance - hover a session to spotlight its concepts, click any node to jump in.