Git Basics

Overview

This tutorial introduces Github Workflow and using Git locally on the command line.

Prerequisites

• Install git on your machine
• Create a github account

Learning Objectives

After this tutorial you will know how to

• Create a Github repository
• Use Github’s web UI to create files and modify them
• Use Github’s web UI to create git branches, submit Pull Requests and merge Pull Requests
• Use the git command line to add files, make commits, create branches, and push/pull repositories
• Explain how a git-based workflow allows people to work on code in parallel
• Explain what the git status command shows you
• Explain what the git branch command shows you
• Explain the notion of a working copy in a git repository

Key Concepts

• Git commits and branches
• Pull Requests
• Github Workflow

Conceptual Framework

These two lessons will walk you through using git and Github to track files as they change over time. If you understand why we use git to track files and understand a couple key concepts such as Commits, Branches, and Pull Requests.

Jadrian and Matt have come up with a little exercise to explain why we use git and how it allows people to work in parallel on the same software. In the future we might make a video of it and post the video here.

Lessons

1. Github Workflow
2. Git Command Line Interface
3. Using Git to Work in Parallel