Over here, you will find information and shared resources for the Git/GitHub workshop that CS Hub is hosting @ York University on the winter of 2016
We will be covering the basics of how to use Git (and GitHub) from the command-line. We will firstly talk about Version Control Systems (VCS) and how Git stands out from other options available out there. We will talk about the difference between Git and GitHub. We will give an abstract overview on how Git works as a Distributed VCS. And lastly (and probably most important), we will go through a step by step guide to try the basic commands of Git (Everything you will need to get you started). This workshop is by no means trying to make you an expert of Git. It is aimed at getting beginners comfortable enough to use Git/GitHub.
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Theory
- What is Git?
- Git vs Others
- What's the difference between Git and GitHub?
- Git Abstract
- Remotes
- Repositories
- Branches
- Commits
- Terminology
- Clone / Push / Pull
- Physical / Staging Area / Committed
- Branch / Checkout / Merge
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Practical (The fun part)
- Check the "tutorial.txt" file in the main directory of the repo and follow along
- ProGit - Full PDF book
- Git Cheat Sheet - PDF with most used commands
- Code School - Interactive 15-minute tutorial, very useful for beginners
- Youtube - Derek Banas - Git Video Tutorials Playlist
- Markdown Tutorial - Interactive tutorial to learn Markdown (the standard used to format readme files)
Don't forget that there are plenty of GUI tools that you can use to automate Git and GitHub. However, we strongly recommend that you use Git from the command line for a while in order to fully understand the workflow.
As always, we hope you found the workshop fun and informative.
Don't forget that we always welcome feedback!
Marwan Alani
CS Hub - 2016
www.cshub.ca