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Git: Branches, Merges, and Remotes

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Overview

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Learn how to use the branching, merging, and remote features of Git for code management and collaboration.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Unlock powerful code management and collaboration tools in Git
  • What you should know
1. Navigate the Commit Tree
  • Reference commits
  • Ancestry
  • Tree listings
  • Filter the commit log
  • Format the commit log
2. Branching
  • Branching overview
  • Create branches
  • Switch branches
  • Create and switch branches
  • Switch branches with uncommitted changes
  • Compare branches
  • Rename branches
  • Delete branches
  • Configure command prompt
3. Reset Branches
  • Reset types
  • Soft reset
  • Mixed reset
  • Hard reset
4. Merge Branches
  • Merge code
  • Fast-forward merge vs. true merge
  • Merge conflicts
  • Resolve merge conflicts
  • Strategies to reduce conflicts
5. Stash Changes
  • Save changes in the stash
  • View stashed changes
  • Retrieve stashed changes
  • Delete stashed changes
6. Set Up a Remote
  • Local and remote repositories
  • Set up a GitHub account
  • Add a remote repository
  • Create a remote branch
  • Clone a remote repository
  • Track remote branches
7. Collaborate with a Remote
  • Push changes to a remote repository
  • Fetch changes from a remote repository
  • Merge in fetched changes
  • Check out remote branches
  • Push to an updated remote branch
  • Delete a remote branch
  • Enable collaboration
  • Collaboration workflow
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Kevin Skoglund

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