Course #:WA2410

Git training: Introduction to Version Control with Git

Courseware: Available for sale

This one-day Git training course teaches developers what Git is and how to use Git to manage software versions effectively.

The Git training course begins with a review of the benefits of version control in software development. We then introduce Git, with emphasis on the multiple workflow possibilities, and the paradigm shift required to use distributed version control effectively.

This Git training course has 7 hands-on Git labs that are outlined at the bottom of this page. The labs cover basic Git operations as well as workflow. The labs allow you to practice the following skills:

Lab1 - Starting Out With Git

1. Install Git on windows
2. Create a git repository
3. Perform basic git functions on the repository

Lab 2 - Branching, Merging and Working with Remotes

1. Clone an existing repository
2. Create a branch
3. Merge a branch onto another branch.

Lab 3 - Experimenting with Workflows

1. Use a centralized repository in the same way as you would with non-distributed
version control system
2. Use a "pull-request" style of development, as is common with git.

Lab 4 - Using the GitFlow Workflow

In this lab you will explore the GitFlow workflow to create features, releases, hotfixes, and various other types of branches.

Lab 5 - Rebasing and Rewriting History

1. Use 'git rebase' to move work from one branch to another
2. "Squash" a commit using the interactive rebase tool.

Lab 6 - Git Submodules

In this lab, we'll take a look at submodules in Git. Submodules provide a way to use a git repository as a directory within another repository.

Lab 7 - (Optional) GitFlow Workflow With the GitFlow Extensions

In this lab you will explore GitFlow feature, release, hotfix, and various other options.

Web Age Git Classes are delivered in traditional classroom style format. Online Git Training is also available in a synchronous instructor led format.

Audience

Software developers

Prerequisites

Basic computer (Windows or Mac or Linux) literacy

Duration

1 day

Outline of Git training: Introduction to Version Control with Git

Chapter 1. Introduction to Version Control

What is Version Control
What is Version Control (cont'd)
"Undo" Capability
Collaboration
Collaboration (Cont'd)
Communication and Sharing
Auditing and Tracking
Release Engineering, Maintenance, SDLC
Diagnostics
History of Version Control
What is Version Control (cont'd)
Distributed Version Control
Summary

Chapter 2. Introduction to Git

What is Git
Git's Design Goals
Git's Design Goals (cont'd)
Branching and Merging
Branching and Merging (cont'd)
Centralized Version Control
Distributed Version Control
Git Basics
Git Basics (Cont'd)
Git Basics (cont'd)
Getting Git
Git on the Server
Git Repository Managers
Git on Somebody Else's Server
Summary

Chapter 3. Basic Git Operations

Using Git
Definitions
Definitions (cont'd)
Repository (cont'd)
Definitions (cont'd)
Commit
Commit (continued)
How to Think About Commits
Viewing History
Configuring Git
Configuration Scope
User Identification
User Identification (cont'd)
GPG Signing
Gnu Privacy Guard
GPG Basics
GPG and Git
.gitignore
Other Useful Configurations
Summary

Chapter 4. Branching, Merging and Remotes

Branching
Branches in Git
Branches in Git (cont'd)
Merge
Merge (cont'd)
Fast Forward Merge
--no-ff
More Than One Repository
Working with Remotes
Fetch and Pull
Push
Pull Requests
Tagging a Commit
Lightweight Tags
Annotated Tags
Sharing Tags
Checking Out a Tag
Summary

Chapter 5. Git Work Flows

Work Flows
Local Work Flow
Feature Branches
Centralized Workflow
Integration Manager Work Flow
Integration Manager Work Flow (cont'd)
Other Work Flows Are Possible
Summary

Chapter 6. Introduction to GitFlow

What is GitFlow
Benefits
How GitFlow works?
How GitFlow works? (Contd.)
What is GitFlow? (Contd.)
How GitFlow works? (Contd.)
GitFlow Extension
Initializing GitFlow
Features
Release
Hotfixes
Summary

Chapter 7. Rewriting History

Rewriting History
Squashing Commits
Squashing Commits (cont'd)
Rebase vs Merge
Amending Commits
Reset
Summary

Chapter 8. Examining History

Looking at History
Log
Blame
Bisect
Summary

Chapter 9. Submodules and Subtrees

Submodules
Dependency Management
Dependency Management (cont'd)
Git Submodules
Adding a Submodule
.gitmodules
Cloning a Repository with Submodules
Updating Submodules (Initial)
Updating Submodules (Ongoing)
Subtrees
Subtrees – How They Work
Subtrees
Conclusion

Chapter 10. Configuring Git

Advanced Configuration
Advanced Configuration Variables
Environment Variables
Aliases
Git Hooks
Summary

Lab Exercises

Lab 1. Starting Out With Git
Lab 2. Branching, Merging and Working with Remotes
Lab 3. Experimenting with Workflows
Lab 4. Using the GitFlow Workflow
Lab 5. Rebasing and Rewriting History
Lab 6. Git Submodules
Lab 7. (Optional) GitFlow Workflow With the GitFlow Extensions

We regularly offer classes in these and other cities. Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Calgary, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Montreal, New York City, Orlando, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC.

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