Git GUI, Git Bash and Jenkins

Master the essentials and the tricky bits: rebasing, squashing, stashing, reflogs, blobs, trees, & more!

Created by: Colt Steele
Developer and Bootcamp Instructor

What Will I Learn?

• Understand how Git works behind the scenes
• Explain the difference Git objects: trees, blobs, commits, and annotated tags
• Master the essential Git workflow: adding & committing
• Work with Git branches
• Perform Git merges and resolve merge conflicts
• Use Git diff to reveal changes over time
• Master Git stashing
• Undo changes using git restore, git revert, and git reset
• Work with local and remote repositories
• Master collaboration workflows: pull requests, "fork & clone", etc.
• Squash, clean up, and rewrite history using interactive rebase
• Retrieve "lost" work using git reflogs
• Write custom and powerful Git aliases
• Mark releases and versions using Git tags
• Host static websites using Github Pages
• Create markdown READMEs
• Share code and snippets using Github Gists

Requirements

• Basic computer skills

Target audience

• Anyone interested in learning Git in any capacity 🙂
• Anyone learning to code or hoping to enter a tech field
• Web developers, data scientists, software engineers, mobile developers, game developers, etc.
• Anyone who works with code or in a code-adjacent role