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LinkedIn Learning

Git from Scratch

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Learn how to use version control in Git, starting from scratch.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Git from Scratch
1. Git Basics
  • Why use version control?
  • git init: Initialize a repository
  • .gitignore: Ignore files
  • git add: Add changes
  • git commit: Commit changes to memory
  • git status: Get the current status
2. Branches: Alternate Timelines
  • git branch: Create an alternate timeline
  • HEAD: An introduction
  • git switch: Go to an alternate timeline
  • git checkout: Go to an alternate timeline
  • DETACHED HEAD: An explanation
  • The difference between switch and checkout
3. Changing History
  • git merge: Combine two timelines
  • CONFLICT: How to fix merge conflicts
  • git revert: Undo something
  • git rebase: Move the base of a branch

Taught by

Morten Rand-Hendriksen

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