Git for Beginners training course

Module 1: Introduction

•    What is a Version Control System (VCS)?
•    Distributed vs Non-distributed VCS
•    What is Git and where did it come from?
•    Alternatives to Git
•    Cloud-based solutions (Github, Gitlab, BitBucket etc)

Module 2: Installation and Configuration

•    Obtaining Git
•    Installing Git
•    Common configuration options
•    GUI tools

Module 3: Key Terminology

•    Clone
•    Working Tree
•    Checkout
•    Staging area
•    Add
•    Commit
•    Push
•    Pull
•    Stash

Module 4: Git - Local Repository Actions

•    Creating a repository (git init)
•    Checking status (git status)
•    Adding files to a repository (git add)
•    Committing files (git commit)
•    Removing staged files (git reset)
•    Removing committed files (git rm)
•    Checking logs (git log)

Module 5: Git - Remote Repository Actions

•    Creating a remote repository (git init)
•    Cloning repositories (git clone)
•    Updating the remote repository from the
•    local (git push)
•    Updating the local repository from the
•    remote (git pull)

Module 6 - Tagging in Git

•    What are Git Tags?
•    Listing tags
•    Lightweight tags
•    Displaying tag details (tag show)
•    Annotated tags
•    Checking out tags
•    Pushing tags
•    Pulling tags

Module 7: Branching in Git

•    What is a branch
•    HEAD
•    Listing branches
•    Create new branch
•    Checkout branch
•    Pushing branches
•    Pulling branches

Module 8: Merging in Git

•    Fetching Changes (git fetch)
•    Rebasing (git rebase)
•    Git Pull

Module 9: Git Workflows

•    Different ways of using Git
•    Centralised
•    Feature Branch
•    Gitflow Workflow
•    Forking Workflow

Module 10: Git - Stashing Changes

•    What is Stashing?
•    Using Stash
•    Creating a branch from a Stash

Module 11: Advanced Repository Actions

•    Removing untracked files (git clean)
•    Remove staged changes (git reset)
•    Revert a commit (git revert)
•    Checkout a previous commit (git checkout)

Module 12: Advanced Branching and Merging

•    Deleting a Branch
•    Fast forward merge
•    Three-way merge
•    Resolving merge conflicts