Welcome to “Introduction to Git” course¶
This material
Here you will find the content of the workshop “Introduction to Git”.
- Git repository for the course: https://github.com/hpc2n/course-intro-git.
Content
- This course aims to give a brief, but comprehensive introduction to using Git from the command line, as well as using GitHub.
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You will learn about
- Basic commands
- Basic concepts
- The commit tree
- Branches
- merges
- conflicts
- Remote repositories
- Git in teamwork
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We aim to give this course every fall.
Warning
Target group
- This NAISS course is a cooperation between HPC2N and UPPMAX.
- It is open for anyone in Swedish academia.
- You will be using your own computer or other existing computer access for the course. If you do not have access to a computer that can run Git (or which you can install Git on), then there will be an option to use NAISS resources for this (Tetralith).
Pre-requirements¶
- Basic knowledge of using the command line.
- Some material for self-study here:
- Basic knowledge of using a text editor of your choice on your system. - Information about Linux editors here: https://docs.hpc2n.umu.se/tutorials/linuxguide/#editors
- A GitHub user account (free - can be created for the course).
- A reasonably recent version of Git installed on your system. See the Git homepage.
Some practicals¶
Zoom¶
- You should have gotten an email with the links
- Main room for lectures (recorded)
- Possibly breakout rooms
- exercises, including a silent room for those who just want to work on their own without interruptions. help
- The lectures and demos will be recorded, but NOT the exercises.
- If you ask questions during the lectures, you may thus be recorded.
- If you do not wish to be recorded, then please keep your microphone muted and your camera off during lectures and write your questions in the Q/A document (see more information below about the collaboration documents which are also listed above).
- Use your REAL NAME.
- Please MUTE your microphone when you are not speaking
- Use the “Raise hand” functionality under the “Participants” window during the lecture.
- Please do not clutter the Zoom chat.
- Behave politely!
Q/A collabration document¶
- Use the Q/A page for the workshop with your questions.
- https://umeauniversity.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/HPC2N630/EdGtUQbzqvRDu1UFAj1vrEEBegJLNy3wzrUlu3-oQYyYkw
- Create a new line for new questions. Take care if others are editing at the same time.
Important info document¶
- There is an “important info” document with information for the course. You have gotten an email with a link to this: https://umeauniversity.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/HPC2N630/Eapzrh9uWHBCj__7L63KFXkBAvUfBfEJfgvTfBHc-S0BiA?e=2GWXsM
Recordings¶
- The recordings of the course lectures will be uploaded to HPC2N’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HPC2N.
Preliminary schedule¶
Monday, 2024-11-25
| Time | Topic | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Optional installation help (Git) | |
| 09:00 | Introduction and course info | Lecture |
| 09:10 | 0. Setup | Lecture+code along |
| 09:30 | 1. Why use version management? | Lecture |
| 10:00 | Break (15 min) | |
| 10:15 | 2. Basic commands, part 1 | Lecture+code along+exercises |
| 11:15 | Break (15 min) | |
| 11:30 | 2. Basic commands, part 2 | Lecture+code along+exercises |
| 12:00 | End of first day |
Tuesday, 2024-11-26
| Time | Topic | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 3. Basic concepts, part 1 | Lecture+code along |
| 10:15 | Break (15 min) | |
| 10:30 | 3. Basic concepts, part 2 | Lecture+code along+exercises |
| 11:20 | Break (10 min) | |
| 11:30 | 4. Traversing the commit tree, part 1 | Lecture+code along |
| 12:00 | End of second day |
Wednesday, 2024-11-27
| Time | Topic | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 4. Traversing the commit tree, part 2 | Lecture+code along+exercises |
| 10:15 | Break (15 min) | |
| 10:30 | 4. Traversing the commit tree, part 3 | Lecture+code along+exercises |
| 11:00 | Break (10 min) | |
| 11:10 | 5. Branches, merges, and conflicts, part 1 | Lecture+code along |
| 12:00 | End of third day |
Thursday, 2024-11-28
| Time | Topic | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 5. Branches, merges, and conflicts, part 2 | Lecture+code along+exercises |
| 09:55 | Break (10 min) | |
| 10:05 | Brief intro to SSH-keys and using GitHub | Lecture+code along |
| 10:15 | 6. Working with remotes, part 1 | Lecture+code along |
| 10:55 | Break (10 min) | |
| 11:05 | 6. Working with remotes, part 2 | Lecture+code along+exercises |
| 12:00 | End of fourth day |
Friday, 2024-11-29
| Time | Topic | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 7. Teamwork, part 1 | Lecture+code along+exercises |
| 09:55 | Break (10 min) | |
| 10:05 | 7. Teamwork, part 2 | exercises |
| 10:50 | Break (10 min) | |
| 11:00 | 7. Team work, part 3 | exercises |
| 11:50 | Summary+evaluation | |
| 12:00 | End of the course |