Git Practial

Introducing the fundamentals of git using the command line

Objectives

Why use a version control system (such as Git)?

• You can keep track of the changes you make to your project as you work on it (like 'save points' in a computer game, you can go back to previous states)

• If you're working on the same project as other people, it helps you handle the synchronization (friction?) points when you make changes

Why use Git specifically?

• It's the most popular (the default?), and it strikes a good balance between being easy to use, and being powerful

• It's decentralized, so you can do everything offline, and don't need to configure any server

• It makes it easy to try new things locally without having to worry about breaking everything, or losing stuff

What we'll cover

• Commits
• Branches
• Merging
• Conflicts
• Rebasing
• Stashing
• Cherry Picking
• Tagging
• Bisecting
• Git Config
• Hooks
• Under the Covers