An Intro to Git - Open Source

Explore the fundamentals of Git version control in this 54-minute conference talk from the PASS Data Community Summit. Learn high-level core concepts to start using Git immediately, without relying on command-line interfaces. Discover an established workflow to enhance your Git journey, covering topics such as cloning, staging, committing, remote repositories, checkouts, and resolving merge conflicts. Gain insights into effective pull request practices and understand different Git workflows, including Git flow and forking. Dispel common myths about Git and understand its importance in modern development practices.

Intro
Technical Assistance
Myths about GIT
Why use GIT?
My path to version control
Clone / init
Typical workflow
Stage
Commit
Remote
Checkout
Mergetool - conflicts
Merge - conflicts
Pull requests - bad example
Pull requests - better example
GIT flow workflow
Forking workflow
Appendix