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Learn Git

Don't be the developer that uses Git to simply add, commit, push, and pray. Learn how it works under the hood.

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What will you learn?

Ah, Git. The source control system that every developer uses, but few truly understand. In this course, we'll not just learn how to use Git, but we'll go over some of the plumbing commands that make it all work. By the end, you'll have everything you need to know to get started using Git as a professional developer, plus a bit extra.

Chapter List

1
Setup
Install and configure Git on your local machine
2
Repositories
Learn about Git repositories, what they are, and how to work with commits
3
Internals
Learn how Git stores data on the files system and the plumbing commands that make it all work
4
Config
Learn how to configure Git and set up your user information
5
Branching
Practice creating and switching between branches
6
Merge
Merge changes from one branch into another and learn how merge commits work
7
Rebase
Learn about the cooler way to integrate changes from one branch into another
8
Reset
Learn how to undo changes with the reset command
9
Remote
Setup a remote repository and learn how to push and pull changes
10
GitHub
Learn how to use Git with GitHub, the most popular Git hosting service
11
Gitignore
Learn about using a .gitignore file to exclude files and directories from being tracked by Git.

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Very informative course! I don't have much basic in computer science/engineering, but this course guided me with hands-on experience to use Git! Although, a section explaining about pointers will be nice. Git rebase is also a little bit confusing.

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MrKhaetneth

Thailand

I honestly learned a lot about manually using git, will be extremely useful moving forward

(5/5)
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Logan Rolfes

United States

learned all i need for git, including the stuff i was puzzled with

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Harry

London

This was a real fun course on git and definitely enough to introduce you to all you need to know in order to start on projects utilizing it

(5/5)
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James Gillis

United States

Beginner friendly and cover a lot of useful stuff

(5/5)
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sokhuong

Cambodia

i really learned the difference between git and github and got a good overview on how to work with both of them

(5/5)
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Alex K.

Germany

pretty nice

(5/5)
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danik322

Ukraine

The buried internal knowledge of git taught with memes

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Karan

Jaipur, India

pretty interesting stuff. cool to learn the ends/outs of this course

(5/5)
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Matthew Stevens

United States

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Frequently asked Questions

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Yes! It's free to create an account and start learning. You'll get all the immersive and interactive features for free for a few chapters. After that, if you still haven't paid for a membership, you'll be in read-only (content only) mode.