These Tutorials Covers How to Get Started with Git and Github and the The Basics of Git and GitHub. Git is a distributed version control system. Version Control ? - Version control systems are a category of software tools that help a software team manage changes to source code over time. What is GIT? - By far, the most widely used modern version control system in the world today is Git. Git is a mature, actively maintained open source project originally developed in 2005 Why GIT? - Relying on software for mission-critical applications, altering your development workflow impacts your entire business. Git isn’t just for agile software development—it’s for agile business.