Do you know Codeschool? Ever heard of CodeAcademy? These are great plattforms for beginners who are willing to start learning to code. It’s like a wizard which guides you through your first steps of programming, really easy and convenient. You can see it in action (with no signing up-hassle) here: http://www.codecademy.com/
The guys from Codeschool have a course about Git, perfect for diving into it: