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Learning Software Version Control

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Explore the fundamentals of using software version control to manage changes, prevent conflicts, and collaborate more effectively during software development.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Getting started with version control
1. Software Version Control Concepts
  • What is software version control?
  • What is a repository?
  • Adding, removing, and ignoring files
  • How a repository works
  • Branching and merging
  • Error handling
2. Git
  • How Git works
  • Creating Git repositories
  • Basic Git commands
  • Reverting code to a previous version
  • Git branching and merging
  • GUI clients and IDE integration
  • GitHub and other Git online services
  • Challenge: Send one commit to a different branch
  • Solution: Send one commit to a different branch
3. Azure Repos
  • How Azure Repos works
  • Creating Azure DevOps repositories
  • Add and remove files on Azure Repos
4. Subversion
  • How subversion works
  • Creating subversion repositories
  • Adding and removing files
  • Reverting code to a previous version
  • Subversion branching and merging
5. Perforce Helix Core
  • How Helix Core works
  • Creating Helix Core repositories
  • Basic Helix Core commands
  • Reverting code to a previous version
  • Helix Core branching and merging
6. Mercurial
  • How Mercurial works
  • Creating Mercurial repositories
  • Basic Mercurial commands
  • GUI clients and IDE integration
  • Reverting code to a previous version
  • Mercurial branching and merging
Conclusion
  • Selecting the right software version control for you
  • Next steps

Taught by

Michael Lehman

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