Version Control with Git

About this course

Efficient project management and effective version control skills are crucial for maintaining a clean and organized codebase, especially as projects grow in complexity. This hands-on course is designed to elevate your developer skills by focusing on essential techniques for handling larger, more intricate coding tasks.

In this course, you’ll learn how to tackle more complex Git version control tasks. Recognizing the difficulties of moving beyond beginner-level tasks, this course will equip you with the skills needed to enhance your Git experience, expand your toolset, and ultimately boost productivity.

You’ll gain expertise in managing and merging branches, rewriting project history for improved clarity and project maintenance, and handling temporary code changes and multiple working directories. Moreover, you’ll become proficient in advanced command-line interface (CLI) operations, such as aliases, and explore powerful features like Git LFS for managing large files and automated checks to further optimize efficiency and code management. These skills are essential for any developer looking to streamline their workflow, ensure cleaner project maintenance, and seamlessly collaborate within teams and the broader open-source community.

What you'll learn—and how you can apply it

By the end of this hands-on course, you’ll understand:

Advanced branching strategies
How to rewrite and refine a project’s history
Strategies for workflow optimization

And you’ll be able to:

Manage your branches more effectively using merge and rebase
Rewrite a repository’s history using different strategies
Enhance your workflow by working on multiple branches simultaneously
Manage large coding projects efficiently and reliably

This training is for you because…

You’re a programmer, developer, software engineer, or data scientist looking to enhance your day-to-day version control workflow
You’re a maintainer for an open-source software project or wish to start contributing to open-source software
You’re a developer contributing to or developing version-controlled projects

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of:
- Git
- UNIX command-line and Shell scripting (navigating directories, listing and finding files)
- Any programming language
- Either an integrated development environment (IDE) or text editor (Vim, nano, VS Code, Atom, Jupyter)

Recommended Preparation

A (free) GitHub account
Git Fundamentals on-demand course

Facilitator bio

João Vitor Cavalcante is a bioinformatics developer and programmer with years of experience developing, contributing to and maintaining open-source software using Git. He is passionate about teaching programming and software skills, and has taught in many such courses in the past.

Questions? Issues? Contact learning@anaconda.com.

Curriculum02:31:33

Getting Started
Course Overview and Learning Objectives 00:03:48
Advanced Branching
Branching Strategies 00:10:43
Applying Specific Changes from Branches 00:06:58
Joining Branches With Merge or Rebase 00:09:42
Exercise: Advanced Branching 00:06:08
Editing Project History
Undoing Changes With Git Reset 00:07:49
Preview

Tracking Changes With Git Reflog 00:05:28
Changing History With Interactive Rebase 00:07:59
Changing History With Interactive Rebase Continued 00:07:01
Exercise: Editing History 00:06:25
Advanced Workflows
Stashing Changes With Git Stash 00:08:39
Working in Multiple Branches 00:08:53
Exercise: Switch Branches 00:06:50
Advanced CLI Operations
Finding Bugs 00:09:43
Exercise: Find the Bug 00:04:13
Aliases and Shortcuts 00:04:02
Making Repos Lighter and Faster 00:04:46
Advanced Features
Handling Large Files 00:07:44
Automating Checks With Hooks 00:06:04
Handling Large Repos 00:06:29
Using Other Git Features 00:04:54
Exercise: Building a Pre-Commit Hook 00:04:51
Conclusion
Summary 00:02:24
End of Course Survey
Course Completion

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