A gentle introduction to Git

Estimated 1 minute read · Created on Monday, 10 October 2022 · Last modified on Monday, 17 October 2022

This course aims to teach you the basics of Git and introduce practical tips to get going.

01 - Version Control Systems 02 - About Git 03 - Terminal 04 - Graphical User Interfaces 05 - Installation 06 - SSH 07 - Basic commands 08 - Merge Conflicts 09 - CI/CD 10 - Etiquette 11 - Exercises 12 - Resources

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

A gentle introduction to Git

Table of Contents

Objectives

Repository

Resources