Foundations

Git & GitHub

Version control taught through a project rather than as a list of commands. You take something you built earlier and make it a professional repository, with a real git running in the browser so every command is practiced rather than described.

The course project

Professional Repository

Repository, README, screenshots, documentation, real commit history, branches, issues, a pull request, and a deployment.

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6 modules · 12 lessons

Each module ends with a practice test, a graded build, and a step of the course project.

Part I: Tracking Work

01

Why Version Control Exists

Not backup. A record of decisions you can read, search, and undo.

02

What Belongs in a Repository

The gitignore file, and the mistake that is genuinely hard to undo.

03

Reading History

A repository you cannot read is a repository you cannot trust.

Section project · coming soon

A History You Would Want to Read

Take a messy project and give it a clean, meaningful commit history.

Part II: Parallel Work

04

Branching

A safe place to try something. This is what makes git worth learning.

05

Remotes and GitHub

Your history, somewhere other than your laptop.

Section project · coming soon

Two Features, One Merge

Build two features on two branches and merge them, resolving a real conflict.

Part III: Working With Others

06

Pull Requests and Collaboration

How changes get proposed, discussed, and accepted, on every team you will ever join.

Section project · coming soon

Your First Pull Request

Fork, change, push and open a pull request on a practice repository.

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