The Ultimate Git & Github Crash Course: Beginner To Advanced

Master Version Control and Collaborate Like a Pro — Unlock Git & GitHub Skills in 3 Hours! | Course PDF | 30+ Demos |

What you'll learn

Understand how Git works and master it from the ground up

Dive into Git's advanced features

Understand GitHub and create your own repositories to start to share/show your work

Learn how to collaborate with teams in projects using Git & GitHub

Requirements

Basic Computer Knowledge

Ability to create files and folders in Windows OS, Linux, or MacOS

Description

Whether you’re new to IT or an experienced professional, understanding Git is essential for tracking changes, collaborating on projects, and maintaining a clean workflow.In this comprehensive Ultimate Git & GitHub Crash course, you’ll go from a complete beginner to an advanced user in just 3 hours. The course is Designed for DevOps Engineers, Cloud Professionals, IT professionals, Developers, and anyone looking to master version control. The course is laser-focused on the essential skills you need to excel in your work, cutting out all the fluff, history, and irrelevant details. Every lesson is designed to equip you with practical, real-world knowledge that will directly enhance your daily tasks and workflows. No time is wasted—just pure, actionable content that will immediately boost your Git and GitHub productivity and proficiency.Starting with the basics, you’ll learn how to set up Git, create repositories, commit changes, and work with branches. As you progress, you’ll dive into advanced topics like resolving merge conflicts, using GitHub for collaboration, and optimizing your workflow with pull requests, issues, and actions. With hands-on exercises and real-world examples, you’ll build the confidence to use Git & GitH in any project.By the end of this course, you’ll not only understand how to manage your code or IT artifacts with Git, but you’ll also be able to navigate GitHub like a pro — collaborating with teams, contributing to open-source projects, and improving your workflow. Whether you’re working on personal projects or in a team, this course will help you take control of your scripts, code, or artifacts like never before!Enroll now!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 A message from the Instructor

Lecture 2 Course resource download

Section 2: Introduction to Version Control Systems (VCS)

Lecture 3 Version Control Systems (VCS)

Lecture 4 Git - Overview

Lecture 5 GitHub Overview

Lecture 6 Hands-On Lab : Git Installation on MacOS

Lecture 7 Hands-On Lab : Git Installation on Windows

Lecture 8 Hands-On Lab : GitKraken GUI Installation

Section 3: Git Basics

Lecture 9 Git Basics

Lecture 10 Hands-On Lab : Basic Git Commands - Part I

Lecture 11 Git Tracking Areas

Lecture 12 Basic Git Commands - Part II

Lecture 13 Understanding Git Branches

Lecture 14 Understanding Git Head

Lecture 15 Working with Git Branches

Lecture 16 Hands-On Lab : Git Branches

Section 4: Merging Branches in Git

Lecture 17 Merging Branches

Lecture 18 Hands-On Lab : Merging Strategies - Fast Forward

Lecture 19 Merging Strategies - Non-Fast Forward

Lecture 20 Hands-On Lab : Git - Non-Fast-Forward Merges

Lecture 21 Merging Branches in Git - Merge Conflicts

Lecture 22 Hands-On Lab : Merging in Git - Merge Conflicts

Section 5: Advanced Git

Lecture 23 Undoing Commits

Lecture 24 Hands-On Lab : Undoing Commits Part I

Lecture 25 Hands-On Lab : Undoing Commits Part II

Lecture 26 Git Stashing

Lecture 27 Hands-On Lab : Git Stashing

Lecture 28 .gitignore

Lecture 29 Hands-On Lab : .gitignore

Lecture 30 Git Rebasing

Lecture 31 Hands-On Lab : Git Rebasing

Lecture 32 Git Interactive Rebasing

Lecture 33 Hands-On Lab : Git Interactive Rebasing

Lecture 34 Git Cherry-Picking

Lecture 35 Hands-On Lab : Cherry-Picking

Lecture 36 Additional Git Commands – git merge Options

Lecture 37 Hands-On Lab : Git merge Options

Lecture 38 Additional Git Commands – git config

Lecture 39 Hands-On Lab : git config

Lecture 40 Additional Git Commands : git reflog

Lecture 41 Hands-On Lab : git reflog

Lecture 42 Additional Git Commands – git tag

Lecture 43 Hands-On Lab : git tag

Section 6: Introduction to GitHub

Lecture 44 Introduction to GitHub

Lecture 45 DEMO : GitHub – Website Walkthrough & Creating a GitHub Account

Lecture 46 GitHub Access Using SSH Keys

Lecture 47 Hands-On Lab : GitHub Access Using SSH Keys

Lecture 48 Github Remotes

Lecture 49 Hands-On Lab : Creating & Linking A GitHub Repo

Lecture 50 GitHub Cloning

Lecture 51 Hands-On Lab : GitHub Cloning

Lecture 52 GitHub - Git push

Lecture 53 Hands-On Lab : Git push

Lecture 54 git pull and git fetch

Lecture 55 Hands-On Lab : git pull and git fetch

Lecture 56 GitHub – Git branch options

Lecture 57 GitHub – Using Git push to Backup Local Files on GitHub

Section 7: Advanced GitHub

Lecture 58 Public and Private GitHub Repositories

Lecture 59 Hands-On Lab : Public and Private GitHub Repositories

Lecture 60 GitHub - Pull Requests (PRs)

Lecture 61 Hands-On Lab : Pull Requests (PRs)

Lecture 62 Forking

Lecture 63 Hands-On Lab : Forking

Lecture 64 GitHub Issues

Lecture 65 Hands-On Lab : GitHub Issues

Lecture 66 GitHub Projects

Lecture 67 Hands-On Lab : GitHub Projects

Lecture 68 GitHub Actions Overview

Lecture 69 Hands-On Lab : GitHub Actions

Section 8: Congratulations….

Lecture 70 Great Job, what's next?

Anyone who works extensively with files, code, or scripts and would like to be able to efficiently maintain versioning for these artifacts