Mastering Git and GitHub - A Practical Bootcamp for Beginners

A step-by-step, hands-on guide to Git and GitHub with Git commands, Git collaboration, Git cheat-sheets, and more!

Learn

Install and configure Git
Manage and updating files with Git (move, rename, and delete)
Revert/reset projects to previous versions
Learn to inspect a Git repository using status and log checks.
Learn GitHub and how to use and manage a web-based Git repository.
Learn how to perform Git comparisons between various sections of a Git repository.
Learn basic file management in the git bash environment.

About

Welcome to Mastering Git and GitHub – A Practical Bootcamp for Beginners.

The course starts by assuming that you know nothing about Git and need to master its theory and commands in a step-by-step way. At the end of the course, you will participate in an open-source project hosted on GitHub where you will collaborate with another student to build a worldwide restaurant guide, and you will need to apply everything you learned in the course.

• Build a rock-solid foundation in Git and related concepts.

• Learn Git installation on multiple platforms

• Learn how to configure a Git repository in 3 ways

• Learn how to modify, add, and commit artefacts.

• Learn how to inspect a Git repository using status and log checks.

• Learn Git branching basics.

• Learn GitHub and how to use and manage a web-based Git repository.

• Learn basic file management in the git bash environment.

• Learn how to perform Git comparisons between various sections of a Git repository.

• Upload projects to Git-enabled web repositories such as GitHub

After working through the course, you will have a solid foundation and will be able to use Git with collaborators on 80% of the tasks you tackle. Moreover, after completing this course you will easily be able to learn advanced topics automatically because of the core foundation you've built. You will also have hands-on experience working with Git and GitHub and will be able to use version control for your projects.

All the code files are placed at

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-Git-and-GitHub–-A-Practical-Bootcamp-for-Beginners

Features

Build a rock-solid foundation in Git and learn key-related concepts
Create a .gitignore file to exclude files and directories
Collaborate and share projects using Git and GitHub
Step-by-step guide to the entire Git workflow