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03:12 - What is Git?

04:16 - Why do you need it?

06:31 - UI vs command line

09:03 - Commands 101

• https://git-scm.com/
• init
  • .gitignore file is key right off the bat
• add
  • add -p - quick review of all the changes you’ve made
• commit
  • Multiple adds and commits
  • Commit messages should be descriptive
• push
  • What are origins?
• pull
• clone
• checkout
• merge
• fetch
• stash
• fork
• Merge vs pull request
• Git vs GitHub / Alternatives
  • Bitbucket
  • GitLab

44:25 - Common issues

• Merge conflicts
• Files being tracked unintentionally
• “How do I delete file from GitHub?”
  • git rm -r
  • alias gri="git ls-files --ignored --exclude-standard | xargs -0 git rm -r"
• Databases in Git?

49:10 - Git clients

• https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis
• CLI
• “Hub”
• Github CLI
• GitHub desktop app
• VS Code integration
• Source tree
• Kraken
• Tower

• VS Code
• GitLens
• GitHub
• Bitbucket
• GitLab
• Drupal
• GitKraken
• Tower

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