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ThePrimeagen

Instructor

ThePrimeagen is a popular software engineer, content creator, and educator known for his expertise in Vim, Git, and software development. He creates educational content on YouTube and Twitch, and is passionate about teaching developers efficient coding practices and tools.

8 hours

Completion

Certificate included

Format

Interactive coding

Freemium

What You'll Learn

Master Git fundamentals and repository management

Understand Git internals and plumbing commands

Navigate branching, merging, and rebasing strategies

Configure and work with remote repositories

Integrate Git with GitHub for collaboration

Overview

Ah, Git. The source control system that every developer uses, but few truly understand. In this course, we'll not just learn how to use Git, but we'll go over some of the plumbing commands that make it all work. By the end, you'll have everything you need to know to get started using Git as a professional developer, plus a bit extra.

Table of Contents
1
Setup

Install and configure Git on your local machine

2
Repositories

Learn about Git repositories, what they are, and how to work with commits

3
Internals

Learn how Git stores data on the files system and the plumbing commands that make it all work

4
Config

Learn how to configure Git and set up your user information

5
Branching

Practice creating and switching between branches

6
Merge

Merge changes from one branch into another and learn how merge commits work

7
Rebase

Learn about the cooler way to integrate changes from one branch into another

8
Reset

Learn how to undo changes with the reset command

9
Remote

Setup a remote repository and learn how to push and pull changes

10
GitHub

Learn how to use Git with GitHub, the most popular Git hosting service

11
Gitignore

Learn about using a .gitignore file to exclude files and directories from being tracked by Git

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