Git & GitHub Practical Guide

Introduction

• This is an Git & GitHub Practical Guide Live sessions which have been taken by Praveen Kumar Purushothaman.
• In this you can learn all things about Git & GitHub Usage.
• You can check the Playlist.
• Here are the individual episodes.
  • Episode 1
  • Episode 2
  • Episode 3

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Commands Day Wise

Starting Commands:

• git --version
• git init

Day 1 Commands:

• Initialising a Repo (git init)
• Checking the Status (git status)
• Add the files to Git's tracking system (git add <filename or directory>)
• Staging Area: This is a preview area, where you can either continue to commit or remove it before committing.
• Diff: Looking into the changes of the current file. (git diff)
• Cached Diff: For checking the diff of added files. (git diff --cached)
• Committing the Change (git commit / git commit -m)
• Commit Log: What all changes have you and your team has made. (git log)

Day 2 Contents:

• How to create an account with GitHub.
• What are remotes?
• Adding the remotes.
• Pushing the code from local machine to remote server.
• Different Terminologies:
  • Branches / Tags
    • Commits
      • One or More File Changes (addition, deletion or updates)
• Pulling the latest changes from remote server to local machine.
• Creating a new branch - CLI & GUI.
• Pushing branches.
• Creating a new tag using CLI.
• Pushing tags.
• Deleting the branches on GitHub Remotely.
• Why branching?
• Going back in Time.

Day 3 Contents:

• Introduction to Issues.
• Creating an Issue.
• Assigning issues to collaborators.
• Getting an issue assigned to you.
• What are pull requests?
• How to create a Pull Request?
• Forking a Repository.
• Raising a Pull Request.
• Reviewing a Pull Request.
• Different Merging Strategies.
• Merging a Pull Request.
• Choosing the right strategy.