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Crash course on Git and the Version Control System (VCS).

Duration: ~1.5 hours (approx.)

Topics

What is [[Version control]]
- Purposes and benefits
What is [[Git]]
- Software used and how to download them on major OSes (and in particular Linux / Ubuntu)
  - Main
    - git (terminal)
    - GitHub Desktop
    - Git integration of Visual Studio Code
  - Secondary / paid
    - Tower
    - GitKraken
What is a [[Repository]]
- Single-repo model
- Poly-repo model
- Submodules
- Repository [[Management]]
  - Creating a new repo
  - Updating an existing one
What are [[Branch]]es
- Branching models
  - Git flow model
    - Benefits in CI/CD and large-scale projects
  - Feature-branch model
    - Advantages in small- to medium-scale projects
- [[Pull request]]s
How an [[Organization]] works
- Teams
- GitHub Projects
  - Kanban boards
How to update a repo
- [[Authentication]]
  - Personal Access Token
  - SSH public key
- git commit
  - Commit signing -S
    - GPG and SSH public key
  - Syntax commit messages -m
    - ≤ 50 char in the first line (title)
    - n char in subsequent ones (message)
    - Co-authoring a commit
      - Visual Studio Code - [[Live Share]]
Main commands and functions
- Merge: git merge of one branch into another
  - [[Merge conflicts]] and how to handle them
  - git stash
- Reset: git reset some commits
- Checkout: git checkout to a specific commit
- Switch (branch): git switch to a specific branch
[[Thank you]]