Git and GitHub for Beginners

Introduction 🎓

1. Welcome and Course Overview 🎉

   • Introduction to the course
   • What you will learn
   • How to use the course materials

2. Introduction to Version Control 📚

   • What is version control?
   • Benefits of using version control
   • Overview of Git and GitHub

Module 1: Getting Started with Git 🚀

1. Installing Git 💻

   • Installing Git on Windows, macOS, and Linux
   • Verifying the installation

2. Configuring Git ⚙️

   • Setting up your user name and email
   • Understanding Git configuration files

3. Basic Git Commands 📝

   • git init – Creating a new repository
   • git status – Checking the status of your repository
   • git add – Staging files for commit
   • git commit – Committing changes
   • git log – Viewing commit history

Module 2: Working with Git Repositories 🗂️

1. Understanding Git Workflow 🔄

   • The three stages of Git (working directory, staging area, repository)
   • Working with branches

2. Creating and Managing Branches 🌿

   • git branch – Listing branches
   • git checkout – Switching branches
   • git merge – Merging branches

3. Handling Merges and Conflicts ⚔️

   • Understanding merge conflicts
   • Resolving merge conflicts

Module 3: Introduction to GitHub 🌐

1. What is GitHub? 🤔

   • Overview of GitHub features
   • Creating a GitHub account

2. Creating and Managing Repositories on GitHub 🏠

   • Creating a new repository
   • Cloning repositories
   • Understanding repository settings

3. Pushing and Pulling Changes 📤📥

   • git push – Pushing changes to GitHub
   • git pull – Pulling changes from GitHub

Module 4: Collaborating on GitHub 🤝

1. Forking and Cloning Repositories 🍴

   • Understanding forks and clones
   • How to fork a repository
   • Cloning a forked repository

2. Creating Pull Requests 🔄

   • What is a pull request?
   • Creating and managing pull requests

3. Reviewing and Merging Pull Requests ✅

   • Reviewing code
   • Merging pull requests

Module 5: Advanced Git and GitHub Features 🛠️

1. Git Tags 🏷️

   • Creating and managing tags

2. GitHub Issues and Projects 📋

   • Tracking issues
   • Using GitHub Projects for task management

3. Using GitHub Actions 🔧

   • Introduction to GitHub Actions
   • Setting up a simple workflow

Conclusion and Next Steps 🌟

1. Recap and Summary 📝

   • Review key concepts
   • Additional resources

2. Final Project 🏆

   • Applying what you’ve learned
   • Submitting your final project

3. Course Completion and Certification 📜

   • Receiving your certificate
   • Continuing your Git and GitHub journey