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Welcome to the GitHub Help site. Here we have compiled many guides to help you set up and use git and GitHub.

h2. Guides

Use the sidebar on the right side of this site to access our guides!

If you would like to submit your own guides, please fork "our repo":http://github.com/help/help.github.com/ and send pull requests to "tekkub":http://github.com/tekkub

<em>We are in the process of moving guides over from the "old wiki":http://github.com/guides/home.</em>

h3. Popular guides

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h2. Getting help

There are a number of resources available to help you learn git or fix issues with GitHub:

h3. GitHub

* "GitHub Support":http://support.github.com -- Resolve issues with GitHub or get help with basic git issues.
* "Contact GitHub":http://github.com/contact -- Don't feel like making an account on support.github.com?  This is your direct line to us.
* "GitHub Google Group":http://groups.google.com/group/github/ -- Ask the community for help
* "GitHub Status":http://twitter.com/github -- Is GitHub down, or is it just me?

h3. Git

* "Pro git":http://progit.org/
* "git-scm":http://git-scm.com/
* "git man pages":http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/ -- In-depth documentation for every git command.
* "git user's manual":http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html
* "Learn.GitHub":http://learn.github.com -- Git tutorials for beginners and experts.
* "git ready":http://www.gitready.com/ -- Little tips and hints for using git.
