Introduction¶
Git should be treated as a tool that makes your life as a developer easier and allows you to try new ideas without risking the integrity of your code base. Use of git, or any other source control tool, should not be treated as unnecessary paperwork or an afterthought. Use git for everything you do such that it becomes second nature. The mastery of git is a skill that all developers should attain.
This training is meant to be a hands on, exercise based introduction to git. git is a source code management tool that is widely used in the IT industry.
This document will not cover the following:
Using git on Windows (although command line git via bash works).
Using git from a GUI tool or from an IDE as I believe mastery of git on the command line is far more powerful and portable than what most GUI tools can provide (the may be some GUI tools out that are quite powerful, I don’t use GUI tools, other than gitk, so I probably speak from ignorance here).
Objectives¶
Create an empty local git repo.
Make changes within your local repo.
Working with branches in your local repo.
Clone a remote repo.
Publish your changes to a remote repo.
Fetch/Merge/Pull changes from a remote repo.
Collaborate with other developers.
Select and negate commits using git-revert and git-cherry-pick.
The Pro Git Book¶
Much of the information for this document came directly from the Pro Git Book.
Reading this book from cover to cover and understanding it all will put you well on the way to becoming an expert git user.
Before going any further with this document, you are strongly encouraged to read the following chapters of the Pro Git Book:
If you do that, you may not need this document, but it is hoped that this document will be a good companion to the book.
Also recommended reading after you have mastered the basics:
Chapter 7: Git Tools (some of these topics are touched in this document)
Reference links to the Pro Git Book are provided when relevant throughout this document.
Contributing to the Document¶
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Viewing the Document¶
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LICENSE¶
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Prerequisites¶
There are a few things you need to do to prepare for the training.
