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title: "Oh My Git! — Learn Git Through Gameplay"
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growth: tree
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last_verified: 2026-05-29
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freshness: seasonal
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silo: 2890
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prerequisites: []
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related:
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- first-technical-resources
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- book-of-secret-knowledge
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tags: [git, version-control, game, interactive, programming, beginner]
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---
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# Oh My Git! — Learn Git Through Gameplay
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**Source:** <https://ohmygit.org> (open source, free download)
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An open-source game that teaches Git by letting you *play* with it. Instead of reading man pages or memorizing commands, you watch Git's internal structures update in real time as you make moves.
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## Why This Matters for Team 2890
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Every student who touches code on this team needs to know Git — we use Gitea for version control, and bad Git habits (force-pushing to main, confused merges, lost commits) cause real problems. But Git is famously unintuitive when you're learning it from a terminal.
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Oh My Git! solves this by making the abstract visible. You can *see* what a branch is, what a merge does, and what happens when things go wrong.
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## Features
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- **Real-time visualization** — Watch commits, branches, and remotes update as you act. The "ah-ha" moment for understanding branches happens fast when you can see them
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- **Playing card interface** — Each Git command is a card with an icon, name, and short description. Learn by doing, not by memorizing
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- **Built-in terminal** — Real Git is running under the hood. Advanced or curious players can type any Git command directly
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- **Collaboration levels** — Levels that teach remotes, pulling, pushing, and team workflows with multiple repositories
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## Who Should Play This
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- **New programmers** who haven't used Git before (start here before touching Gitea)
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- **Anyone confused by branches** — the visualization makes it click
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- **Students moving to team repos** — the collaboration levels map directly to our workflow
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## How to Get It
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Download free from the [itch.io page](https://blinry.itch.io/oh-my-git) — available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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## After Oh My Git!
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Once you're comfortable with the basics:
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- Move on to real Git in the terminal — the commands are the same, just no cards
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- Read [[book-of-secret-knowledge|The Book of Secret Knowledge]] for deeper CLI and version control references
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- Set up your Gitea account and start contributing to team code
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## Notes
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- The game hasn't been actively updated since 2021, but Git fundamentals haven't changed
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- It runs a real Git instance internally — anything you learn transfers directly
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- Works offline — no internet needed after download |