Learn about Git and version control setup, Git config, commits, branching, resolving merge conflicts, and key commands like Git pull, Git rebase, and Git stash for seamless workflows.

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This comprehensive course is your ultimate guide to learning Git and version control. You’ll start with the basics of Git version control, such as setting up your Git config and running basic terminal commands like the echo command. Then, you’ll explore GitHub as a development platform and understand Git snapshots.

You’ll advance your skills by creating and managing Git commits, undoing changes with Git undo commit, and reviewing your project’s history using Git logs. You’ll also tackle branching—learn how to rename or delete branches and confidently resolve Git merge conflicts. Additionally, you’ll master repository management with Git commands and organize changes using Git checkout, Git stash, and more.

After completing this course, you’ll be ready to use Git commands in your projects—a career-boosting skill for every software developer.

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# Why are branches useful?
Let's say you are working on a project with a team. You've been working on a significant feature that requires a lot of changes to the codebase, and, all of a sudden, one of your team members tells you that there is a major bug, and you need to prioritize it and fix it. 

You will find yourself in a confusing situation. Not only will you need to switch context completely by focusing on the new issue at hand, but where will you store all the code you have been working on for the unfinished feature? The bug has nothing to do with the unfinished feature. Fixing the bug along with the feature is going to create a lot of confusion for everyone. 

You will somehow need to go back to a state or snapshot of the source code before you started making changes to it for the feature, fix the bug, and then go back to work from where you had left off. This scenario is precisely where Git branches can work in your favor.

# Branches in Git
In Git, you start with the one, primary branch called the **master**. This name is the default, given to the branch the moment you create your very first commit.

All the other commits you make from that point on are made on the master branch. Git, however, allows you to create as many other branches as you like. 

In this lesson, you will learn what a branch is and how it is a central feature that allows git for making collaborative work convenient.

Introduction to Git

Git Config

Git Branch

Git merge

GitHub

Git Rebase

What Is a Branch?