What is GitHub and what is it used for? - 3494Valyo/GitHub-Wiki GitHub Wiki

Summary

GitHub is a web-based hosting service using Git, a distributed version control system.

Detailed Overview

GitHub is mostly used by developers for the development and coordination of computer code. However, GitHub is a great tool for user assistance development too. GitHub helps technical writers create documentation and share it for revisioning or as an open source. GitHub allows the documentation to be linked directly to the code so that it is adjustable to changes. Images, tables, TOCs, and links can be easily inserted too. Formatting the documentation in GitHub is easy thanks to an integrated markup language, called Markdown.

Example

You can use GitHub to structure and write the documentation for your software project. As long as you make it public, your associates will be able to view your work as well. In addition, they will be able to revision and submit changes to your documentation.