Learning how to use Git is truly a necessity if you want to become a successful software developer. We made this course so that you can focus on what matters and gain the basic practical experience and knowledge to use Git and GitHub effectively. We understand the importance of hands on experience when it comes to learning Git, and this course was created with that in mind.
From the first video, we get your hands dirty in the command line whilst dropping the necessary information you need to know at the appropriate times. Utilizing this teaching style avoids overloading you while on your journey to mastering Git, ensuring that you get practical experience of the newly acquired skills immediately before learning something new.
We first start this course off by setting up some necessary Git configuration before immediately learning about a useful command to help you alongside your journey of mastering Git. We then dive immediately into creating a git repository and become familiar with the following:
Git Commands
Initializing a repository via init
Staging (i.e. adding) files via add
Discarding changes via restore
Project state via status
File differences via diff
Committing changes via commit
Removing files via rm
Viewing commit history via log
Creating and checking out branches via branch and checkout
Merging changes via merge
Stashing changes via stash
Cloning remote repositories via clone
Helpful Git Knowledge
The life cycle of untracked and tracked files
Creating and resolving merge conflicts
Ignoring files with .gitignore
What exactly origin means
Creating a successful branching workflow
GitHub
Creating and editing a profile
SSH vs HTTPS
Creating an SSHKey for authentication
Creating and merging pull requests
Command Line
By taking this course, you will not only acquire the necessary skills to practically use Git and GitHub, but you will come out more familiar with the command line and know your way around it.
