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A Guide to Git & Version Control

Gain insights into Git and version control. Learn Git setup, commits, branching, merging, and rebasing. Explore GitHub as a development platform to enhance your projects.

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35 Lessons

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Gain insights into Git and version control. Learn Git setup, commits, branching, merging, and rebasing. Explore GitHub as a development platform to enhance your projects.

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Course Overview

This course is your no-fuss, comprehensive guide to version control and Git, which is one of the most popular tools available for software engineers. In this course, you will learn the basics of version control, how Git can be useful for your projects, as well as how GitHub can serve as a software development platform. You will learn how to set up Git for your own projects and as the course progresses, you will cover more complex topics including Git commits, branches, merging, and rebasing. By the end o...Show More

Course Content

Introduction

4 Lessons

How This Course Can Help You

What Is Version Control?

Why Is Git So Important?

Basic Terminal-Based Text Editors

Configuring Git Locally

6 Lessons

Git Config

Creating a New Project With Git

Git Commit

Git Logs

Undo a Commit

Quiz on Basic Git Commands

Branches

7 Lessons

What Is a Branch?

Creating a Branch

Switching Between Branches

Merging Branches

4 Lessons

Git Merge

Merge Conflicts

Resolving Merge Conflicts

Quiz on Merging Branches

Remote Repositories

9 Lessons

What Is GitHub?

Creating a Remote Repository

Pushing Code to GitHub

Git Clone

Git Fetch

Git Pull

Reverting to an Earlier Commit

Pull Requests

Quiz on Remote Repositories

Rebasing Branches

5 Lessons

Git Rebase

Managing Conflicts When Rebasing

Difference Between Rebasing and Merging

Quiz on Rebasing Branches

Conclusion

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