Git For Beginners

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

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

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 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.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What to Expect From This Course

Section 2: Understanding the Git Basics

Lecture 3 Introduction

Lecture 4 What is a Version Control System?

Lecture 5 Know the Different Types of Version Control Systems

Lecture 6 Understand the Origin of Git

Lecture 7 Summary

Section 3: Setting up Git on Your Machine

Lecture 8 Introduction

Lecture 9 Install Git on Your Machine

Lecture 10 Configure Username and Email

Lecture 11 Summary

Lecture 12 Cheat Sheet - Git Commands Used in This Section

Section 4: Working with Local Repositories

Lecture 13 Introduction

Lecture 14 Create a Local Repository

Lecture 15 Understand the Three Main Areas

Lecture 16 Create Your First Commit

Lecture 17 Create Another Commit

Lecture 18 Know What Snapshots Are

Lecture 19 Look at the History of Your Code

Lecture 20 Ignore Files in the Working Directory

Lecture 21 Summary

Lecture 22 Cheat Sheet - Git Commands Used in This Section

Section 5: Branching and Merging Code

Lecture 23 Introduction

Lecture 24 Create a Branch

Lecture 25 Merge a Branch

Lecture 26 Handle Merge Conflicts

Lecture 27 Summary

Lecture 28 Cheat Sheet - Git Commands Used in This Section

Section 6: Pushing to a Remote Repository

Lecture 29 Introduction

Lecture 30 Create a Repository on GitHub

Lecture 31 Push Your Code to the Remote Repository

Lecture 32 Clone the Repository

Lecture 33 Pull Changes from the Remote Repository

Lecture 34 Understand the Pull Command

Lecture 35 Summary

Lecture 36 Cheat Sheet - Git Commands Used in This Section

Section 7: Creating and Merging Pull Requests

Lecture 37 Introduction

Lecture 38 What Is a Pull Request?

Lecture 39 Create and Merge a Pull Request

Lecture 40 Forking a Repository on GitHub

Lecture 41 Merge the Pull Request From Julia

Lecture 42 Summary

Lecture 43 What's Next?

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