part-2-git-intro.md

Overview

0. The Linux Terminal
1. What is git? Why do I need it? (5 min)
2. GitHub and GitLab (5min)
   • Practical session (5 min)
     • GitLab interface
     • GitHub interface
3. The 5 essential commands (10 min)
   • Practical session (15 min)
     • init
     • clone
     • add
4. Branches (10 min)
   • Practical session (10 min)
5. Forks (10 min)
   • Practical session (10 min)
6. Evaluation (10 min)

The Linux Terminal

Starting the terminal presents itself with a line where you can enter a command:

michael@myComputer>

Often written, for covenience, as:

$

When you open your terminal (git shell) and unless otherwise configured, you are located in your home directory, denoted as ~/.

Essential Linux commands

List the contents of a directory

$ ls

Change the directory to a specific folder

$ cd myDirectory

Change the directory 1 level and 2 levels up

$ cd ..
$ cd ../..

Create a directory

$ mkdir myNewDirectory

What is git? Why do I need it?

Designed and implemented in 2005 by Linus Torvalds

git is a version tracking system, essentially for code. Collaborative platform for code development

The 5 essential commands

pull, status, add, commit, push (P-SAC-P)

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