Git for Beginners

Name: Git for Beginners
Rating: 4.4 (1452 reviews)

Learn everything you need to use Git and GitHub to track and store the changes of your source code.

Created byThomas Claudius Huber

Last updated 12/2022

English

What you'll learn

Set up Git on your machine
Create a local Git repository
Stage and commit changes from the command line
View the history of your source code
Branch and merge your code to work on software features
Handle merge conflicts when working with branches
Push your code to a remote repository on GitHub
Clone a remote repository from GitHub
Create a pull request on GitHub
Collaborate with other developers on GitHub

Course content

7 sections • 43 lectures • 2h 21m total length

Introduction0:17
What to Expect From This Course2:38
Explore Git basics, a distributed version control system, and learn to set up Git locally, create repositories, branch and merge, and push code to GitHub and pull requests.

Introduction1:10
Learn to create a local Git repository for your project, commit changes, and manage the repository, working directory, and staging area; explore the first commit, history, and ignoring files.
Create a Local Repository3:38
Understand the Three Main Areas2:25
Identify the three main areas of Git: the repository, the staging area, and the working directory—and learn how staging controls what goes into the next commit.
Create Your First Commit4:08
Create Another Commit7:53
Know What Snapshots Are3:41
Discover how Git treats commits as snapshots of all your files, how each commit updates the main branch, and how a 40-character hash lets you check out any past state.
Look at the History of Your Code3:20
Ignore Files in the Working Directory7:22
Summary1:10
Cheat Sheet - Git Commands Used in This Section0:42
Learning Questions

Introduction0:52
Create a Branch3:47
Merge a Branch3:28
Merge a feature/AddTwitterHandle branch into the main branch using git merge, switch branches, and verify the updated history with git log and git status.
Handle Merge Conflicts10:03
Learn to manage merge conflicts with git by creating feature branches, merging into main, resolving conflicts in readme.txt, and recording the results with merge commits and branch cleanup.
Summary0:49
Create and work on a feature in a branch, merge it back to the main branch, and resolve merge conflicts to develop in isolation within your local repository.
Cheat Sheet - Git Commands Used in This Section0:31
Learning Questions

Introduction1:01
Push a branch from your local repository to a remote GitHub repository, and learn to create, clone, push, and pull changes, including how fetch and merge happen behind the scenes.
Create a Repository on GitHub3:34
Push Your Code to the Remote Repository8:28
Clone the Repository5:02
Pull Changes from the Remote Repository3:06
Pull changes from the remote repository into your local branch with git pull, using origin and main when needed, and observe the updated readme via logs.
Understand the Pull Command6:29
Summary1:17
Cheat Sheet - Git Commands Used in This Section0:43
Learning Questions

Introduction1:02
Learn how to use pull requests to merge feature branches into the main branch, create and merge pull requests on GitHub, and fork repositories to contribute elsewhere.
What Is a Pull Request?2:14
Create and Merge a Pull Request7:09
Forking a Repository on GitHub7:15
Merge the Pull Request From Julia4:26
Summary0:46
What's Next?1:54
Explore next steps after learning Git by using both the command line and GUI clients, and visit git-scm.com to try GUI tools for branch history.
Learning Questions

Requirements

No prior knowledge or skills are needed for this course.
No programming experience is needed to watch this course.

Description

Git is one of the most popular version control systems. This course will teach you how to work with Git to track and store the changes of your source code.

First, you will learn the bascis about Git. You will learn what version control systems are and how local, centralized, and distributed version control systems work.

After this, you will learn how to set up Git on your machine. You'll learn how to configure Git, so that your name and email are stored with every commit.

Next, you will learn how to work with local repositories. You will use the commandline to create a repository on your machine and I will show you how to stage and commit changes.

After this, you will learn how to branch and merge your code to work on specific features of your project. You will also learn how to handle merge conflicts that can happen when multiple developers are working on the same code base.

Finally, you will learn how to push your code to a remote repository on GitHub, how to clone an existing repository from GitHub, and how to use pull requests to collaborate with other developers.

After this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to use Git successfully in your projects.

Who this course is for:

This course is intended for anyone who wants to learn how to use Git to track and store the changes of their source code.

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Introduction2 lectures • 3min

Understanding the Git Basics5 lectures • 17min

Setting up Git on Your Machine5 lectures • 13min

Working with Local Repositories10 lectures • 35min

Branching and Merging Code6 lectures • 20min

Pushing to a Remote Repository8 lectures • 30min

Creating and Merging Pull Requests7 lectures • 25min

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