Git Essential Training

Introduction

• Get started with Git
• What you should know

1. Why Do You Want to Use Git?

• Git for version control
• Git to share code
• Git to collaborate
• Open source

2. How Does Git Work?

• Use Git locally
• Use a Git provider
• Distributed version control
• How to start working with Git

3. Install and Configure Git

• Use a Codespace for this course
• Install Git on Windows
• Install Git on Linux (PPT)
• Install Git on macOS
• Git GUI clients
• Optional: Install Visual Studio Code
• Configure Git

4. Push Your Code with Git

• Set up a remote repository
• Fork the course repository
• Clone the remote repository
• Create a file and stage it
• Commit a file
• Push the file to the remote repository
• Pull changes from the remote repository
• Initialize a repository locally and sync it
• Challenge: Push your first code
• Solution: Push your first code

5. Make Changes to Files

• Git status
• Edit a file and view changes
• Delete files
• Rename files
• Working with folders
• Undo your changes
• View commit history
• Go back in Git history
• Revert a commit
• Make use of the GUI of Visual Studio Code
• Challenge: Make a change and revert
• Solution: Make a change and revert

6. Important Concepts in Git

• Ignoring files
• The .git folder
• Create a branch in your repository
• Create and merge a pull request
• Git commit messages
• Solving a merge conflict
• Challenge: Create a branch and a pull request
• Solution: Create a branch and a pull request

Conclusion

• Next steps