Discover the potentials of version control with Git and revolutionize your coding process! This guide provides a thorough introduction to the core concepts and operations of Git for anyone.
From installing Git and creating the first commit, to creating multiple remote origins and collaborating with other developers, this comprehensive guide will equip beginners with the knowledge and skills needed to become proficient in version control with Git.
In this series of articles, you will find everything that you ever need to know about working with Git and collaborating with others. Here is what we will cover here:
Part 1. Stage and Commit. In this article, we will focus more on the basics of Git and cover topics like:
- Short history of Git and why it was created.
- Installing Git on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
- Learning Git workflow. How developers use Git to manage their code and collaborate with others.
- Git commits.
- Staging changes and Creating Git commits.
- Watching code diff and Managing commit history.
- Splitting changes into smaller commits.
Part 2. Undoing Commits. In the second part, we will learn one of the most googled Git questions on the internet, how to undo commits. Moreover, as a bonus, we'll talk about hiding certain files from Git with the .gitignore
file.
Part 3. Understanding Branching. In this article, you will learn everything you need to know about branches in Git. We will cover topics like:
- What Git branches are.
- Creating branches.
- Seeing differences between branches.
- Merging, rebasing, deleting and renaming branches.
- Resolving conflicts.
- Using the Git Stash command.