Git & GitHub Boot Camp

Course Duration

2 Days

Audience

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course. Basic familiarity with the command line is helpful but not required.

Course Description

In today’s world, where people no longer need to be physically in the same room to complete projects, a powerful, distributed source control system is the solution. GitHub has made it easier for developers to continuously collaborate using Git. This course is intended for teams wanting to collaborate using GitHub, and for developers wanting to improve their Git skills. You will start the course by learning to perform both basic and advanced Git commands. Then, you will learn best practices for using GitHub as a platform to develop code collaboratively. By the end of this course, you will know how to manage large-scale projects using Git and GitHub.

Learning Objectives

• Install Git on Windows, Mac, and Linux
• Perform Basic Git Commands like Initializing a Repository, Creating a Branch, and Adding Commits
• Perform Advanced Git Commands like Rebasing, Cherry-Picking, Aliases, and Hooks
• Set Organization Accounts to Combine Multiple GitHub Users into an Organization
• Split up Organization Accounts into Multiple Teams
• Create a Repository and Set up Permissions
• Make Pull Requests Work, Create a Branch, Push Commits, Create the Pull Request, Have Someone Approve, and Merge
• Manage Large-Scaled Projects Using Git and GitHub

Course Outline

Course Topics

• Why Git?
• Installing Git on Windows
• Installing Git on Mac
• Installing Git on Linux
• Signing up to GitHub
• HTTPS
• Understanding Git
• Configuration
• Initializing a repository
• Adding commits
• Adding a remote
• Pushing to the remote
• Fetching from the remote
• Pulling from the remote
• Creating a branch
• Merging
• Cloning
• Reset
• Revert
• Amending commits
• Rebasing
• Interactive rebasing
• Cherry-picking
• Bisect
• Aliases
• Hooks Git hooks allow you to run scripts before or after certain Git actions (e.g., modify the commit message prior to committing).
• Two-factor authentication
• Searching GitHub
• Starring repositories
• Following people
• Watching repositories
• Commit email addresses
• Notifications
• Organization accounts Organization accounts allow you to combine multiple GitHub users into an organization. A single GitHub user can be a member of several organizations. A repository can also be owned by an organization instead of a single user.
• Teams Organization accounts allow you to combine multiple GitHub users into an organization. A single GitHub user can be a member of several organizations. A repository can also be owned by an organization instead of a single user.
• Paid plans GitHub offers a lot of functionality for free. But companies often need more. The paid plans allow things like private repositories, fine-grained access control, extra support, etc.
• GitHub Flow GitHub Flow is an easy branching strategy. It starts from a master branch and creates only feature branches from there. The feature branches only get merged into the master branch when approved and ready for release. This allows a team to have a rapid cadence of releases, but it also creates some requirements that need to be addressed. For example, you will need a good CI/CD pipeline, a business that accepts rapid releases, possibly a good feature toggle system, etc.
• Git Flow GitFlow is a more complex branching strategy but allows for a more secure development and deployment pace. It's often more fit for larger enterprises. Luckily, there are CLI plugins and GUI tools that support GitFlow and make it easy to work with. This way, developers don't have to remember the specific commands and branching flows.
• Documentation
• Issues
• Projects GitHub projects give teams a Kanban board to organize and visualize their work. It's a step up from GitHub Issues.
• Releases Git allows developers to create tags in their repositories. In GitHub, you can easily link these tags to "Releases." A release can contain release notes, providing a nice overview of what changed over time.

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