Read the entire Comparing Workflows tutorial from Atlassian, except for the "Gitflow Workflow" section, which is optional.
It's a solid overview of all the commands we've learned, and an introduction to different common patterns developers use to save their work with git. Pay particular attention to the "Feature Branch Workflow". If you don't understand the workflows themselves, that's OK! Just focus on how the commands are being used and how the changes they work are visualized. This should take about an hour.
If you have any questions during these tutorials, review your class notes and our lesson repos. To do that, navigate to the General Assembly WDI Boston organization and use the search box to find our git repositories.
First, let's review the basic git commands using CodeSchool's excellent, free
Try Git tutorial. This should
take somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes to complete.
Next, we'll focus on visualizing git commands, especially branching, by working on Learn Git Branching. Complete all the exercises in the following sequences:
Main > Introduction Sequence, levels 1 and 2Main > Ramping Up, all levels
Remote > Push & Pull, levels 1 through 6Remote > To Origin and Beyond, levels 1 and 3
Each level in Learn Git Branching will explain the concepts you are expected to use to solve the level. Think of these as instructions, and do not skip them!
You'll have an interactive shell to complete each challenge, as well as help buttons which display your goal and a visualization of what the end goal should look like.
This will take longer. If you spend more than an hour on this, please let an instructor know. Some of the Atlassian Git Tutorials may be good references if you get stuck.
If you need more review, continue by working through the free chapter of CodeSchool's Interactive Git Tutorial.
You may also want to practice targeted review with Learn Version Control with Git, one of the best intermediate references available for free online. If you're not satisfied with how well you understand a topic, scan the table of contents and give yourself a set amount of time to review. After time is up, move on! This practice is called timeboxing and is a great way to avoid getting off track.
Finally, review some of the great visuals provided at A Visual Git Reference. These diagrams are more detailed and offer annotations that may help you understand how git works. These make a great reference for later, especially if you don't want to replay Learn Git Branching again.
When you've completed all the required exercises, checkout to a new branch 'response' and answer the following questions, placing your answers where prompted. Don't hesitate to add anything else you'd like us to know about your experience with this pactice, or the course so far.
- How do you learn best?
- Which resources from this document helped you the most?
- Which resource (if any) was most frustrating? Why?
- How comfortable are you with the workflow (series of steps and git commands) we use to share work and responses?
- Do you have any burning questions about git or how you will use it in this course?
- <Will we go over Git commands and such later? I would like to practice it more.>
After you've answered the questions, create a pull request with your response.
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