Git tutorials for Beginners - Complete Course

a complete practical course on git and github

Created byKamal Girdher

Last updated 3/2023

English

What you'll learn

If you don't know anything about git or know a little, this course is for you.
After this course you would be able to use git and github for your personal and professional projects.
You'll learn how to use git commands on git bash (terminal).
You'll learn the concepts like branching, merging, Pull requests, reset, stash etc.

Course content

7 sections • 17 lectures • 1h 12m total length

Information about Bonus lectures0:58
In this video, I speak about my youtube channel where you can find lot of more bonus lectures on git, interview questions and I also post videos of the questions you ask.

Git Introduction and Installation1:52
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system for tracking changes in your source code files and coordinating with your team. It is designed to handle everything small to very large projects efficiently
Let's have a look at basic introduction and installation procedure.
Git architecture, Git INIT and Git CLONE6:02
We have explained the internal architecture of GIT. All the 4 stages of GIT have been explained in the video.

Also, Git init and Git clone are explained with examples.
Set up your own practice environment

Git ADD :: Working directory to Staging5:22
In this video various options of Git Add are explained. Using git add, we can stage our changes from Working copy to the staging.

We have also explained how to unstage the changes using git RESET.
Git COMMIT :: Staging to Local Repository1:56
In this video various we have explained how to use git commit to move staged changes to local repository.
We have also explained how to roll back the changes using git RESET HEAD~
Git DIFF, Git RM (--cached) and Git RESET --hard5:23
Git Diff show changes b/w working copy and the index OR changes between the index and a tree OR changes between two trees OR changes between two files on disk.

Git RM remove files from the index, or from the working tree and the index.
Practice Test 1

Introduction to branching and project setup2:36
A branch in Git is simply a lightweight movable pointer to one of these commits. Using branches in your day-to-day work might very well prove to make you a better programmer. Be that as it may, it's definitely one of the main reasons why Git is so highly focusing on Branching.
Git Branch - How to create BRANCHES4:41
Learn how to create branches. We have taken an example to explain this concept. Follow these tutorials to understand the Branching concepts.
Switching between branches4:50
After creating branches, it is important to switch between them.
Merging of branches4:57

Requirements

Install Git. Create a Github account. Content is in English.

Description

Far away from books, we have created this course to give you practical exposure of how git and github. You can easily follow our tutorials and become expert on git even if you have never worked on it.

In this course, you will not learn everything there is to know about Git, but you will build a strong conceptual understanding of the technology, and afterward will be able to confidently dig deeper on any topic that interests you. This course assumes no previous knowledge of Git, but if you do have experience with it, you may find this course to be both useful and challenging. This is especially true if you currently "know just enough Git to be dangerous".

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Who this course is for:

Beginners who do not know or have very little knowledge of Git and Github

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Information about Bonus Lectures/Interview Questions1 lecture • 1min

Git Introduction and Setup2 lectures • 8min

Working with Staging area and Snapshots3 lectures • 13min

Branching and Merging4 lectures • 17min

Remote Repository4 lectures • 17min

Other key concepts3 lectures • 18min

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