A gentle introduction to Git

According to the Stack Overflow software developer survey for 2021 - 94.41% (50,563 out of 54,943) professional developers suggest that Git is a fundamental tool to being a developer.

Objectives

🎉 At the end of this course you should be able to:

• install and configure Git.
• clone and work on repositories.
• run basic commands from the terminal.
• use a GUI with ease.
• deal with merge conflicts.
• understand how CI/CD and GitLab works.
• have basic Git etiquette and understand the discipline.

Repository

There is a remote repository on GitHub for you to practice and play around with. Your exercises will make use of this repository.

Resources

• Official documentation
• Source Code - GitHub
• Free Pro Git book - Official Git Documentation
• Learn about GitHub - GitHub
• Learn Git - GitKraken
• Introduction to Git and GitHub - Hackernoon