Ultimate Git & GitHub Guide : Zero to Pro In a Weekend

Learn to initialize an empty git repository with git init, then verify setup by running git status to confirm the directory is a working git repository.

Explore creating, switching, and deleting git branches from the current head using git branch, git switch, and git checkout, with descriptive dash-separated names and safe handling of head state.

Explore how merge conflicts arise in a Git repository on master, resolve them with conflict markers in the editor, accept current or incoming or both changes, and commit resolution.

Examine undoing changes with git reset and git revert, compare history and working directory effects, and use git reset --hard to discard changes and revert to a commit.

use git log to locate commit four, then git revert to undo its changes and create a revert commit with the default message.

Demonstrates cherry-picking a commit from the feature branch to master to copy the important file without changing the master demo.txt, using git cherry-pick with the commit id.

Tag important commits to track versions. Use git tag to list, add, or delete tags, and git show to view tag and its commit.

Learn how to create and add SSH keys to GitHub to enable secure authentication, including generating the key pair, starting the SSH agent, and adding the key in GitHub settings.

Learn how to connect a local repository to a remote on GitHub using git remote and git remote add, naming the remote origin and pointing to its URL.

Back up important files by initializing a local git repository, committing, and pushing to a private GitHub repository. Push to the master branch and verify the backup on GitHub.

Compare public and private GitHub repositories by creating each type, adding a readme, and testing access from signed-in and unsigned sessions to show visibility differences.

Learn how pull requests on GitHub enable collaborative review of changes, with feedback, comments, and decisions to accept or reject, before merging feature branches into master.

Learn how to create a feature branch, open and review a pull request, request changes, and merge into main to add a new feature on GitHub.

Learn how GitHub issues organize bugs, feature requests, and tasks in one place, separate from Git. Link issues to pull requests to automatically close them when PRs are merged.

Create and manage a GitHub projects board to organize a product demo, switch between list and board views, convert tasks to issues, and track status from to do to done.