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Visual Studio: Source Control with Git and GitHub

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Overview

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Use Git effectively within Visual studio. Learn about the mapping between Git and GitHub commands and the tools in Visual Studio.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Use Git effectively within Visual Studio
  • Install Git
  • Install GitHub Extension in Visual Studio
  • Work with multiple users in the exercise files.
1. The Command Line vs. Visual Tools
  • Don’t be afraid of the GUI
  • Tour of Git GUI tools
  • Git concepts and commands
2. Create a Repo from a Local Computer
  • Initialize a new repository: PowerShell
  • Initialize a new repository: VS folder
  • Initialize a new repository: VS solution
  • Initialize a new repository: GitHub
  • Add files: PowerShell
  • Add files: VS
  • Rename files: PowerShell
  • Move files: PowerShell
  • Delete files: PowerShell
  • File operations: VS
3. Connect to GitHub and Other Remote Servers
  • Add a remote repository: PowerShell
  • Install Git Credential Manager for Windows
  • Connect and authenticate: PowerShell
  • Connect and authenticate: VS
  • Create an empty GitHub repo: VS
  • Sync existing local remote to GitHub
  • Examine GitHub configuration information
4. Git Concepts and Commands
  • Collaborate with shared repositories
  • Understand when to clone a repository
  • Understand when to fork a repository
5. Collaborate on an Existing Repo
  • Clone the repo: PowerShell
  • Clone the repo: VS
  • Fork a repo
  • Clone a forked repo
6. Push and Pull
  • Change the PowerShell command prompt
  • Show the Git help files from the command prompt
  • Commit to local: VS
  • Push to remote: VS
  • Commit and push: VS
  • Undo changes
  • Show history with Git log: PowerShell
  • Show history in Team Explorer
  • Compare differences: VS
  • When to use revert or reset
  • Rollback to prior commit with revert
  • Rollback a local repo with reset
7. Sync Tools
  • Push to remote by team member
  • Pull and push
  • Use Fetch or Pull to sync with remote
  • Sync: VS
  • View merge conflicts
  • Handle merge conflicts
8. Work with Branches
  • Explore the basic branch actions: PowerShell
  • Explore the branch tools in Visual Studio
  • Basic branch actions: VS
  • Commit changes to another branch
  • Merge changes into the master
9. Pull Requests and GitHub
  • Setup a public repository on GitHub
  • Fork and clone the repository
  • Verify forked project runs on computer
  • Change the HTML in fork
  • Commit and push to fork
  • Create the pull request
  • Review and compare the pull request
  • Have a conversation with contributors
10. Other Operations
  • GitHub tools
  • Mark milestons with Git tags
Next Steps
  • Next steps

Taught by

Walt Ritscher

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