Git Basics Training

Course 1957

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Language: English
  • Level: Foundation

The Git basics training course provides a comprehensive understanding of basic Git concepts and looks at how Git can be used and implemented. For a more in-depth look at how Git can be used to support various ways of working, as well as looking at maintenance of your Git environment and integrations with other tools, we recommend the Git Advanced course follows this course.

Train your whole team by bringing this course to your facility.

  • Team training is available online and in-person.

Git Basics Training Course Information

In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Understand basic Git concepts.
  • Use Git to provide configuration management support for software development projects.

Prerequisites

A basic knowledge of Linux interfaces (including Linux/UNIX command line interface) is recommended prior to attending this course.

Git Basics Training Outline

What this course covers

The need for Version Control

A brief history of git and what it is (i.e. a DVCS)

What is DVCS

Plumbing and Porcelain

The repository (at high level)

Getting Started

Lab Exercises

  • Group discussion, understanding DVCS

Git Object Types

  • Blobs
  • Trees
  • Commits
  • Tags
  • Git Reference Types
  • Object Model Example

Hash Values (SHA-1)

The Git Data Model

Lab Exercises

  • Verify Git Installations
  • Identify the git repository
  • Ask Git for help

How to create a new Git repository

Setting up Your Git Environment

Basic workflow

Adding new files

Changing existing files

Committing changes to the repository

The Git Log

Lab Exercises

  • Identify yourself to Git
  • Create a Git repository
  • How to add new files/folders
  • How to commit new files/folders
  • Clone an existing repository
  • Check the status of your Git repository

The Status command

Ignoring file types

View specific changes

Removing files & directories

Moving files & directories

Stashing Changes

Undoing or fixing errors

Reset a change

Revert a change

Checkout a change

Lab Exercises

  • Use the git log command to help you clarify if you are committing the correct version of a file
  • Use the git status command to help you clarify the current state of your repository

What is a branch

Creating a branch

Switching between branches

What is a merge

Fast forward merge

3-way merge

Resolving merge conflicts

Merge tools

Removing branches

Branch management in Git

Lab Exercises

  • Create branches in Git
  • Add files to branches
  • Checkout branches
  • Merge into branches
  • Rebase and squash a feature branch

Cloning repositories

Remotes

Remote Branches and Tracking Branches

Fetching, Pulling and Pushing Changes

Bare and development repositories

Publishing repositories

Lab Exercises

  • Clone a repository
  • Create or Identify a remote
  • Pull changes
  • Push changes
  • Merging between repositories

Branching Strategies

Structural Strategies

Lab Exercises

  • A flexible exercise implementing the strategy you intend to use moving forward

What is a tag

Viewing tags

Creating tags

Signed tags

Tagging later

Sharing tags

Lab Exercises

  • Create tags in Git
    • Lightweight tags
    • Annotated tags
    • Checkout tags in Git
  • How to view tags
  • How to checkout tags

This is an open lab exercise which asks students to use what they have learned to implement a scenario.

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