Backend Engineering
Git and GitHub
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Overview
Introducing Git and GitHub
Learn how to use Git and GitHub to collaborate efficiently with developers.
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Basics of Git
Understanding the basics of Git is crucial for efficient version control and collaboration. This section covers fundamental concepts and commands to help you start with Git.
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Commits In Detail
Commits are fundamental to Git’s version control functionality. This section delves into best practices for making commits, writing effective commit messages, fixing mistakes, and ignoring unnecessary files.
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Advanced Git Techniques
Cherry-picking allows you to apply specific commits from one branch to another. This can be useful when porting a bug fix or a feature without merging an entire branch.
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Most Used Git Commands
Mastering Git commands is essential for efficiently managing your codebase and collaborating with other developers. This section covers the most commonly used Git commands that you will frequently use in your day-to-day development workflow.
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Git Branching and Workflow
Branching is a key feature that makes Git a powerful tool for version control. It allows multiple developers to work on different features or bug fixes simultaneously without interfering with each other's work. This section will cover the fundamentals of Git branching and the common workflows used in development.
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Merging, Rebasing, Comparing and Reviewing Changes
Merging is used to integrate changes from one branch into another. This is typically done to incorporate feature branches into the main branch.
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Stashing and Cleaning
Git stash temporarily shelves or stashes changes made to your working copy so you can work on something else and then come back and re-apply them later.
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Undoing Changes and Time Travel
The git reset command undoes changes by resetting the current branch to a specific state.
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Collaborative Workflows
Forking and pull requests are common in open-source and collaborative projects. Learn everything you need to know in this section
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Tags and Releases
Tags mark specific points in history as important.
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Git Platforms Overview
GitHub is a popular platform for hosting Git repositories. Most modern projects and companies use it for collaboration and version control. This is how to declare a git repository for GitHub:
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Key Takeaways
This comprehensive guide has explored the essential aspects of Git and GitHub, from basic concepts to advanced workflows. Understanding these tools is crucial for modern software development, enabling efficient version control, collaboration, and project management.
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