Git Fundamentals

By James Kovacs
Getting started with Git
Course info
Rating
(2354)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
May 23, 2012
Duration
1h 51m
Table of contents
Introduction to Git
Overview 0m A Brief History 2m Advantages of DVCs 5m About Git 1m Installing Git on Windows 4m Installing Git on Mac OSX 1m Installing Git on Linux 1m Configuring Git 1m How to Configure Git 9m Summary 1m
Working Locally with Git
Overview 1m Creating a local repository, adding files, and committing changes 2m Viewing history and diffs 4m Staging changes as multiple commits 2m Deleting and renaming files 2m Undoing changes to the working copy 2m Undoing/redoing changes in the repository 3m Cleaning the working copy 1m Ignoring files with .gitignore 3m Summary 1m
Working Remotely with Git
Overview 1m Cloning a Remote Repository 1m Basic Repository Statistics 4m Viewing Commits 2m Git Protocols 3m Viewing Branches and Tags 1m Fetching from a Remote 3m Pulling from a Remote 2m Pushing to a Remote 3m Creating and Verifying Tags 3m Pushing Tags to a Remote 3m Summary 0m
Branching, Merging, and Rebasing with Git
Overview 1m Visualizing branches 2m Creating local branches 1m Difference between branches and tags 2m Renaming and deleting branches 2m Recovering deleted commits 2m Stashing changes 5m Merging branches 5m Rebasing changes 7m Cherry-picking changes 4m Creating a remote branch 3m Deleting a remote branch 3m Summary 0m
Description
Course info
Rating
(2354)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
May 23, 2012
Duration
1h 51m
Description

Git is a popular distributed version control system (DVCS). In this course, learn how to create a local repository, commit files, push changes to a remote repository, fix errors in your commits, and many of Git's other features. Understand the difference between the working copy, staging area, and repository itself. Come learn the power of Git.

Course FAQ
Course FAQ
What is Git used for?

Distributed version control systems, such as Git, work on changesets. These changesets can shift around so both clients and servers can have the entire repository present.

What will I learn in this course?

You will learn about installing Git on various operating systems, configuring Git for your needs, and then how to work locally and remotely with Git.

What version is required?

This guide will examine Git version 1.7.10.

About the author
James Kovacs
About the author

James Kovacs is a Technical Evangelist for JetBrains. He is passionate in sharing his knowledge about OO, SOLID, TDD/BDD, testing, object-relational mapping, dependency injection, refactoring, continuous integration, and related techniques.

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