Beginner Git

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Git has become the most popular open source version control system for software developers. Despite a historic reputation for difficulty of use and compatibility issues, recent years have seen many improvements, and most of these problems have been solved. In this course, you will learn the importance of version control, how it is used by software developer, and how to use Git effectively for this task.

Target Audience
Software developers interested in learning about version control systems and Git's basic toolset

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Beginner Git

start the course

describe what version control is and how it is used

describe what Git is, and why it's unique among VCS tools

define terms like "repository," "commit," "remote," and others that may be confusing

install Git on a local computer

perform the basic configurations for Git

create repositories in Git

clone existing repositories

perform some of the more advanced configurations of Git

create aliases in Git

perform status checks in Git

describe what the index is

perform partial commits

view the commit history in Git

perform renaming and deleting of files

identify when and how to ignore files

describe branching in Git

perform a merge

describe several common branching models

perform the renaming and deleting of branches

resolve merge conflicts with an edit collision and a removed file conflict

describe what rebasing is and when to use it

resolve rebase conflicts

learn to use the basic features and functionalities of Git

Course Number:
sd_gitf_a01_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner