Git Version Control Course for Source Control

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Details

Git is a free and open-source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. This Git version control system is one of the most widely used tools for version controlling and managing source code in development projects.

This course will teach you how to set up version controlling on a project, how to work with a local repository (including reverting to an older version of your code) how to branch your code into different branches, how to merge one branch of code into another, and how to work with a remote repository to collaborate with other developers. By the end, you'll have mastered Git, Git version control, and best practices in source control version management.

Delivery Methods

Delivery Method	Duration
Classroom	1 day	Get a Quote
Live Virtual Training	1 day	Get a Quote

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Audience

Web and Application Developers needing version control for their code as well as for teams of developers needing to collaborate on projects.

Pre-Requisites

Basic computer skills Some knowledge of working on the command line will be beneficial

Course Outline / Curriculum

Git Introduction
Terminology
- Repository
- Distributed Version Control System
- Checksum
Three States
- Modified State
- Staged State
- Committed State
- Installation
  - Windows
  - Ubuntu Linux
Git GUI Basics
- Create a Local Repository
- Cloning an Existing Repository
- Important Settings
- Interface Regions
  - Preview Area
- Refreshing Status
- Staging Changes
- Unstaging Changes
- Reverting Changes
- Committing Changes
- Visualizing Commits
Git GUI Local Branches
- Creating a Branch
- Checking Out a Branch
- Merging Branches
- Handling Merge Conflicts
- Deleting a Branch
Remote Git Repositories
- Types of Repositories
  - Public Repositories
  - Private Repositories
- Remote Repository Services
- GitHub.com
- Adding a Remote
- Pushing your Branch to the Remote
- Pushing changes from an existing tracking branch
- Fetching a Remote Repository
- Recommended Workflow when Collaborating
Git Command line
- Getting Help
- Initializing a Project
- Configuration
  - Command
  - Useful Configuration Options
- Viewing the Status
- Tracking Files
- Doing an initial Commit
  - Commit messages
- Commit log
- Showing the contents of a commit
- HEAD pointer
- Show differences between repository and working directory
- Delete files
- Moving or renaming files
Undoing changes
- Revert Changes
- Unstaging Files
- Amending Commits
- Reverting a file to a version from a previous commit
- Revert an entire commit
- Ignoring Files
- Tracking Empty Directories
- Comparing Commits
Branching
- Show local branches:
- Creating a Branch
- Switching Branches
- Create and Switch Branches
- Comparing Branches
- Renaming Branches
- Merging Branches
- Checking if one branch is merged into another
- Deleting Branches
Remote Repositories
- Listing Remotes
- Adding a Remote
- Removing a Remote
- Pushing up to a Remote
- List Remote Branches
- Cloning a Remote Repository
- Fetching Changes
- Fetch and Merge Simultaneously
- Checking out Remote Branches
- Deleting a Remote Branch
IDE Plugins

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