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Git and GitHub for Writers
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(1,999 ratings)
7,376 students

Git and GitHub for Writers

Not a software developer? Learn how to use Git and GitHub version control in a course specifically designed for writers.
Created byPeter Gruenbaum
Last updated 10/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • The concept called "Docs Like Code"
  • How to use Git and GitHub when writing documentation
  • Git commands: add, commit, push, branch, stash, tag, rebase, and others
  • How to merge and fork using GitHub

Course content

4 sections • 41 lectures • 2h 35m total length

  • Introduction4:16

    Introduction to what the course will cover.

  • Docs Like Code4:04

    Treating documentation like code, and how Git and GitHub are used for this.

  • Version Control5:04

    Explains what version control is.

  • Getting Started with Git6:10

    What is Git and how to install it.

    Note: The text editor Atom is no longer available. Use Brackets instead.

  • Exercise 1: Getting Started with Git0:03
  • Getting Started with GitHub6:18

    What is GitHub and how to get started with it.

  • GitHub authorization0:49
  • Exercise 2: Getting Started with GitHub0:05
  • Command Line9:41

    How to use the command line, which you will be using to interact with Git.

  • Exercise 3: Command Line0:03
  • Git Concepts4:17

    Covers the Git concepts of unstaged, staged, committed, and pushed files.

Requirements

  • Basic computer skills (ability to use a browser, type commands, manipulate files using Windows Exporer or Finder)
  • A text editor (the course describes some options)

Description

The first Git and GitHub class specifically for writers!

More and more, writers are being asked to use Git and GitHub for their documents. This is part of a philosophy called "Docs Like Code", where documentation is created using the same tools and processes that code is. The problem is that Git and GitHub were designed specifically for developers, and these classes don't work as well for writers.

This class differs from other Git and GitHub classes in that:

  • It explains concepts in ways that are meaningful to writers

  • All example files are documents rather than code

  • It talks about how files are used to create documentation

This course is for technical writers, project managers, and anyone who writes who needs to use version control tools like Git and GitHub. It covers:

  • What version control is

  • What “Docs Like Code” means

  • How to use Git manage file versions

  • How to use GitHub for pull requests and forking

  • How to handle difficult problems

  • How Git is used for documentation

  • Alternatives to GitHub

In addition to videos, this course contains 14 hands-on exercises that lead you step-by-step in using Git and GitHub. All PowerPoint presentations are available as resources.

No prior experience necessary. Just an interest in writing and a desire to learn Git.


Who this course is for:

  • Technical writers, project managers, and other people who write and need to understand how to use Git and GitHub
  • This course is not designed for developers, but developers who are having trouble understanding Git may find it useful

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