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VA GitHub Handbook

Helping Veterans Affairs teams get started with GitHub and the Policies & Standards for using GitHub at the VA.

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Guides and information

Guides

Guides on features and abilities of GitHub, including how to join the Department of Veterans Affairs GitHub organization.

Videos

Videos

Recordings of past webinars and mini-lessons on how GitHub works and how to work in GitHub.

Learn how to GitHub

Courses

Realistic projects with a bot (an automated being) to guide you on GitHub Learning Lab.

Policies

Policies

Policies & standards around organization membership, code visibility and security, repository and team structures, etc.

Contact Us

Contact Us

There are many ways to contact us for more information or help. Please reach out anytime.

What is GitHub?


Github is a web-based graphical user interface for Git, a command-line tool, which adds many of its own features. GitHub also provides access control and several collaboration features, such as wikis and basic task management tools for each project. It can be used by product and project managers for better team communication, managing issues and sharing content.
If you are new to the Department of Veterans Affairs, please review our Welcome Letter.

Work in progress

We're currently expanding and refining this Handbook.
We encourage you to adopt as much of it as possible and share your feedback.


Page last updated: July 20, 2020