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title: Overview
description: Learn Git and GitHub fundamentals through a beginner-friendly mystery activity.
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Join ICTS for a four-hour, hands-on introduction to Git and GitHub. You will investigate a guided case, make and publish changes, open pull requests, and resolve a merge conflict. The activity app provides the slides, mission steps, and progress board; these pages explain the ideas behind the commands.

## Session details

- **Date:** Friday, 9 October 2026
- **Time:** 8:30 am–12:30 pm Sri Lanka time (Asia/Colombo)
- **Venue:** Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
- **Presenter:** Pruthivi Thejan, General Vice President of ICTS
- **Organized by:** ICTS | USJ · An Envision initiative
- **Registration:** [Register for First Byte on Luma](https://luma.com/kqft47sr)

## Before the workshop

Complete the [prerequisites guide](/docs/en/workshops/first-byte-episode-1/prerequisites) so Git, Bun, your editor, and your GitHub account are ready. You do not need previous Git experience.

## Start the activity

At the workshop, clone the [Git Mystery activity repository](https://github.com/universitysjp/git-mystery) and follow its README to open the slides and progress board. You will create a separate repository in your own GitHub account for your work.

The activity uses case files and repository history to make each step useful. You will discover the findings from the evidence yourself; this guide and the slides do not reveal the clues or conclusion.