- Fundamental Concepts
- Creating Snapshots
- Browsing Project History
- Branching & Merging
- Collaboration Using GitHub
- Rewriting History
In this section, you will build a solid mental model of Git, what it is, why it exists, and how it works under the hood. This foundation will make every other section much easier to understand.
- What is Git?
- How Git works
- Installing Git
- Configuring Git
- The three stages
- The Git workflow
In this section, you will learn how to tell Git what to track and when to save your progress. Every commit is a snapshot of your project at a specific point in time.
- Initializing a repository
- Tracking & staging files
- Making your first commit
- Ignoring files with
.gitignore - Viewing the status
- Viewing differences
In this section, you will learn how to navigate and search your project history. Git stores everything — and knowing how to read that history is a superpower.
- Viewing commit history
- Filtering & formatting logs
- Viewing a specific commit
- Comparing commits
- Finding bugs with
git bisect - Tracing changes with
git blame
In this section, you will learn how to work on multiple things at once without breaking your main code. Branching is one of Git's most powerful and essential features.
- What is a branch?
- Creating & switching branches
- Fast-forward merges
- 3-way merges
- Resolving merge conflicts
- Rebasing
In this section, you will learn how to work with others using GitHub. This is the workflow used by professional teams every day.
- Connecting to GitHub
- Pushing & pulling
- Fetching
- Forking & cloning
- Pull requests & code reviews
- Handling remote conflicts
In this section, you will learn how to clean up mistakes and maintain a professional commit history. This is where beginners become advanced Git users — use these tools with care.
- Amending the last commit
- Interactive rebase
- Squashing commits
- Dropping & editing commits
- The golden rule
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