GitHub for Beginners #6: Add a Collaborator & Your First Codespace
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Video Description
Time to stop coding alone! In this video, we'll add a teammate to your GitHub repository and explore GitHub Codespaces — a full development environment right in your browser. This is part one of a two-part series on team collaboration and merge conflicts. What you'll learn:
How to add collaborators to your GitHub repository Repository Settings and the Collaborators menu The invitation and acceptance workflow Public repos vs. collaborator access (read-only vs. write) What is a GitHub Codespace? Launching a Codespace from a repository The Codespace interface (it's VS Code in your browser!) Making code changes in a Codespace Committing and pushing from a Codespace Setting up a scenario where two people edit the same code
Key insights:
Adding someone to a repo sends an invitation — they must accept Public repos let anyone clone, but only collaborators can push Codespaces give you a full dev environment with zero local setup Codespaces are perfect for quick edits or when you're on a different machine When two people change the same code, you're heading for a merge conflict Pulling frequently helps avoid conflicts — but sometimes they're unavoidable
We'll set up:
A second user (Pat Brizay) as a collaborator A Codespace for that user to make changes New code (LuckyNumberProvider class) committed by our collaborator The perfect scenario for merge conflicts in the next video
Previous Video: Commit & Push with Visual Studio Next Video: How to Fix Merge Conflicts in Visual Studio 2026 ► Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGxFXI4dC2sitM2Pt-54nozRs4Bn7yovv Ready to collaborate? In Part 2, we'll deliberately create merge conflicts and show you exactly how to fix them. Hit subscribe so you don't miss it! Ever used GitHub Codespaces? What do you think — game changer or gimmick? Let us know in the comments! #GitHub #Codespaces #GitHubCodespaces #Collaborators #Git #Programming #Tutorial #GitHubForBeginners #dotnet #VisualStudioCode #TeamCollaboration
Video Info
- Duration: 6:51
- Published: January 07, 2026
