git.md

Intro to Git Instructor Notes

Objectives

• Define what version control is
• Explain why version control is useful
• Initialize a git repository
• Explain and perform the git workflow (untracked, not staged, staged, committed)
• Explain what git log shows
• Define what a branch is
• Explain why a branch is useful
• Explain how to merge branches

What is version control?

• As a table, create a short definiton of what version control is.

Why is version control useful?

• As a table, create a short explanation of why version control is useful.

How do you initialize a git repo?

• Individually, on your lap boards, write the command to initialize a git repo on your computer.
• Individually, on your lapboards, write down what happens when you initialize a repo

What is the git workflow? and how do you move changes across it? (untracked, not staged, staged, committed)

• With your table, create a diagram that shows each stage and the commands needed to move across them.
• (Reminder for Roger) Rocketship metaphor.

What does git log show?

• Individually, on your lapboards, write down what git log shows.

What is a branch?

• As a table, create a short definiton of what a branch is

Why are branches useful?

• As a table, create a short definiton of why branches are useful

How do you merge a branch?

I have a branch named undo that I have completed working on. I want to merge it into master

• Individually, on your lapboards, what is the command necessary to complete the action above