Getting Started with Git

prerequisites
basic coding
skills learned
set up Git locally • create a Git repository • create Git branches • clone a Git repository • reconcile changes in a Git repository
Rafiullah Hamedy
1 week · 5-7 hours per week · BEGINNER
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In this liveProject, you’ll master the basics of Git by completing the kind of day-to-day tasks done by professional programmers. You’ll step into the shoes of a junior developer working for a technology startup and create a Git repository so your colleagues can collaborate on developing a To Do List web app. You’ll start with the basics of setting up Git locally, followed by creating a Git repository and branches, then use advanced Git commands such as rebase and cherry-pick to reconcile changes. By the time you’ve finished, you’ll have learned an essential skill of software development.

project author

Rafiullah Hamedy
Rafiullah Hamedy is a staff software developer at a Fintech company based in Toronto, Canada, where he helps build a SaaS-based FP&A product. He has previously worked with the University of Oxford as an informatics manager, enabling a group of scientists and their teams of post-doctoral and PhD students to capture their experiments in an electronic lab notebook. He holds a master's degree in software engineering.

prerequisites

This liveProject is for anyone aspiring to become a software developer who has some basic knowledge of coding. To begin this liveProject, you will need to be familiar with the following:


TOOLS
  • Basic coding
TECHNIQUES
  • Basics of version control

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