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Git & GitHub Boot Camp

H2UX8S

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

    Course ID

    H2UX8S

    Duration

    2 days

    Format

    ILT/VILT

    Overview

    In today’s world where people no longer need to be physically in the same room to complete projects, a powerful, distributed source control system is the solution. GitHub has made it easier for developers to continuously collaborate using Git. This course is intended for teams wanting to collaborate using GitHub, and for developers wanting to improve their Git skills. You start the course by learning to perform both basic and advanced Git commands. Then, you learn best practices for using GitHub as a platform to develop code collaboratively. By the end of this course, you know how to manage large-scaled projects using Git and GitHub.

    Course ID

    H2UX8S

    Duration

    2 days

    Format

    ILT/VILT

    Audience

    This course is intended for teams wanting to collaborate using GitHub, and for developers wanting to improve their Git skills.

    Prerequisites

    To get the most from this course, students should have experience with a programming language and should be familiar with navigating the command line.

    Objectives

    After completing this course, you should be able to:

    • Install Git on Windows, Mac, and Linux
    • Perform basic Git Commands like initializing a repository, creating a branch, and adding commits
    • Perform advanced Git Commands like rebasing, cherry-picking, aliases, and hooks
    • Set organization accounts to combine multiple GitHub users into an organization
    • Split up organization accounts into multiple teams
    • Create a repository and set up permissions
    • Make pull requests work, create a branch, push commits, create the pull request, have someone approve, and merge
    • Manage large-scaled projects using Git and GitHub

    Course outline

    Part 1: Git—Basic and Advanced Commands

    Getting started with Git & GitHub

    • Why Git?
    • Installing Git on Windows
    • Installing Git on Mac
    • Installing Git on Linux
    • Signing up to GitHub
    • HTTPS
    • SSH
    • Understanding Git

    Basic Git commands

    • Configuration
    • Initializing a repository
    • Adding commits
    • Adding a remote
    • Pushing to the remote
    • Fetching from the remote
    • Pulling from the remote
    • Creating a branch
    • Merging
    • Cloning
    • Reset
    • Revert

    Advanced Git commands

    • Amending commits
    • Rebasing
    • Interactive rebasing
    • Cherry-picking
    • Bisect
    • Aliases
    • Hooks

    Part 2: GitHub—Team and Enterprise Applications

    Getting started with GitHub

    • Two-factor authentication
    • Searching GitHub
    • Starring repositories
    • Following people
    • Watching repositories
    • Commit email addresses
    • Notifications

    Options for teams

    • Organization accounts
    • Teams
    • Paid plans

    Working in teams

    • GitHub flow
    • Git flow
    • Documentation
    • Issues
    • Projects
    • Releases

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