About This Study Plan
This 7-day study plan breaks the GH-FOUND (Foundations) exam preparation into 7 focused study sessions with 28 actionable tasks. The plan covers all 7 exam domains — Understand Git and GitHub Basics, Working with GitHub Repositories, Collaborate Using GitHub, Apply Modern Development Practices, Manage Projects with GitHub, Understand Privacy, Security, and Administration, Explore the GitHub Community — ensuring complete coverage. Intensive 7-day review for the GitHub Foundations certification covering Git, repositories, collaboration, and GitHub products.
Prerequisites
- Basic Git usage
- 4–6 hours per day
Study Schedule
- Git workflow: init, clone, add, commit, push, pull
- Branching and merging strategies: merge, rebase, squash
- Resolving merge conflicts and using git stash
- Practice: create a repo, branch, commit, and merge
- Repository creation, settings, and visibility
- Branch protection rules and rulesets
- CODEOWNERS, .github directory, and repository templates
- README, LICENSE, and .gitignore best practices
- Pull request lifecycle: create, review, approve, merge
- Issues, issue templates, and linked PRs
- Discussions vs Issues: when to use each
- Code review process and suggestions
- GitHub Actions: workflows, triggers, and runners
- GitHub Codespaces and dev containers
- GitHub Copilot, Packages, and Pages
- GitHub Enterprise features overview
- GitHub Projects: views, custom fields, automation
- Security: 2FA, secret scanning, Dependabot, push protection
- Open source: forking workflow, contributing guidelines
- Community health files and GitHub Sponsors
- Take a full practice exam
- Review all incorrect answers
- Focus on Git commands and PR workflows
- Review GitHub product differentiators
- Git commands cheat sheet
- GitHub features comparison
- Quick flashcard pass
- Rest before exam
Study Tips
Git basics (25–30%) is the heaviest domain — master the core commands.
Know the difference between Issues, Discussions, and Projects.
Practice with a real repository — hands-on experience is essential.
Recommended GitHub Study Resources
Supplement this study plan with the GitHub Skills interactive courses at skills.github.com, which provide hands-on practice in real repositories. The official GitHub documentation (docs.github.com) is comprehensive and regularly updated. For Actions certification, study the workflow syntax reference and build at least three different CI/CD pipelines from scratch.
Ready to Practice?
Put your study plan into action with Foundations practice questions.