Git Essential Training: The Basics

Learn how to use Git, the popular open-source version control software, to manage the source code for almost any project.

Introduction

• Use Git version control software to manage project code

1. What Is Git?

• Version control
• The history behind Git
• About distributed version control

2. Install Git

• Install Git on a Mac
• Install Git on Windows
• Install Git on Linux
• Basic Git configuration
• Git auto-completion
• Git help

3. Getting Started

• Initialize a repository
• Where Git files are stored
• Your first commit
• Write a commit message
• View the commit log

4. Git Concepts and Architecture

• The three trees
• Git workflows
• Hash values (SHA-1)
• The HEAD pointer

5. Make Changes to Files

• Add files
• Edit files
• View changes with diff
• View only staged changes
• Delete files
• Move and rename files

6. Use Git with a Real Project

• The Explore California website
• Initialize Git
• View file edits
• Stage and commit shortcut
• View a commit
• Compare commits
• Multiline commit messages
• Make atomic commits
• Challenge: Client edits
• Solution: Client edits

7. Undo Changes

• Undo working directory changes
• Unstage files
• Amend commits
• Retrieve old versions
• Revert a commit
• Remove untracked files

8. Ignore Files

• Use .gitignore files
• Ideas on what to ignore
• Globally ignore files
• Ignore tracked files
• Track empty directories

Conclusion

• Next steps