Eli5 Can anyone tell me what is github and how do people normally use it or understand?

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I’ve recently come across the name ‘github’ and i know that it is a server in Scandinavia somewhere which people can apparently use it somehow idk. Would help if you someone could lay down everything regarding it…

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When people write programs, they can use github to version, manage, and store their code. Generally speaking, it’s a version control system that provides developers to save their code code while developing.

It also allows teams to work together on projects through a concept called branching. Branching allows two or more people to start from the same code base and work on different aspects of the program, later merging their changes together. At this point, the developers will work through any merge conflicts, and after pulling their hair out and pleading with gods borrowed from every religion imaginable, will usually have a stable, improved program.

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