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Crash course on Git and the Version Control System (VCS).

Duration: ~1.5 hours (approx.)

Topics

• What is [[Version control]]
  • Purposes and benefits
• What is [[Git]]
  • Software used and how to download them on major OSes (and in particular Linux / Ubuntu)
    • Main
      • git (terminal)
      • GitHub Desktop
      • Git integration of Visual Studio Code
    • Secondary / paid
      • Tower
      • GitKraken
• What is a [[Repository]]
  • Single-repo model
  • Poly-repo model
  • Submodules
  • Repository [[Management]]
    • Creating a new repo
    • Updating an existing one
• What are [[Branch]]es
  • Branching models
    • Git flow model
      • Benefits in CI/CD and large-scale projects
    • Feature-branch model
      • Advantages in small- to medium-scale projects
  • [[Pull request]]s
• How an [[Organization]] works
  • Teams
  • GitHub Projects
    • Kanban boards
• How to update a repo
  • [[Authentication]]
    • Personal Access Token
    • SSH public key
  • git commit
    • Commit signing -S
      • GPG and SSH public key
    • Syntax commit messages -m
      • ≤ 50 char in the first line (title)
      • n char in subsequent ones (message)
      • Co-authoring a commit
        • Visual Studio Code - [[Live Share]]
• Main commands and functions
  • Merge: git merge of one branch into another
    • [[Merge conflicts]] and how to handle them
    • git stash
  • Reset: git reset some commits
  • Checkout: git checkout to a specific commit
  • Switch (branch): git switch to a specific branch
• [[Thank you]]