I was in a similar boat years ago. Best advice I can give is learn the basics, how to make a branch, commit, and push. You can do this by simply placing some docs or your favorite scripts in your own repo... Github will guide you through most of it. If you're super new and don't want to use git, you can use the desktop app. Honestly I find it more cumbersome than just using the cli, but you're just trying to get your feet wet, so do what feels good for now then set new goals later. Don't worry about bad habits... the only bad habit is quitting. Then go out in the world and try to contribute to a project you think you can help with. Could be an Arma mod, a simple pypi library, documentation, script collection, or vscode extension (anything). This will teach you how to fork a repo, and submit a PR. Don't hide that you're new to this and be open to critique. Some people will do things like replace your 'and' with '&&', some will offer deeper insights. It might even feel like the PR isn't even yours at the end. This is what GitHub is all about. Good luck! Answer from Deleted User on reddit.com