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git init What is Version Control?
git config Why use Version Control?
Learn the Basics
Local vs Global Config Git vs Other VCS
Repository Initialization Installing Git Locally
What is a Repository
Working Directory
Staging Area Cloning Repositories
Branching Basics
Committing Changes Managing Remotes
Intro and Git Commands Creating Branch
Pushing / Pulling Changes
Basic Collaboration Renaming Branch
.gitignore Fetch without Merge
Deleting Branch
Viewing Commit History
Git Remotes GitHub Essentials
Checkout Branch
Fast-Forward vs Non-FF
Merging Basics
Creating Account
Rebase Squash
Merge Strategies GitHub Interface
Handling Conflicts
Setting up Profile Profile Readme
Cherry Picking Commits
Creating Repositories Private vs Public
Forking vs Cloning
Commit Messages Markdown
Issues
Branch Naming Project Readme
PR from a Fork
Pull Requests
PR Guidelines GitHub Wikis
Collaborators
Labelling Issues / PRs
Creating PR Code Reviews CITATION files
Saved Replies
Collaboration on GitHub Best Practices Documentation
Mentions
Reactions
Contribution Guidelines
Commenting
Clean Git History
Git Stash Basics
GitHub Discussions
Linear vs Non-Linear Intermediate Git Topics GitHub Projects Working in a Team
HEAD
History Project Planning Collaborators / Members
Detached HEAD
Kanban Boards GitHub Organizations
git log options
Roadmaps Teams within Organization
git revert Automations
Between Commits
--soft
Between Branches
--hard git reset Undoing Changes Viewing Diffs
Staged Changes
--mixed
Unstaged Changes
commit-msg
What and Why use? git commit --amend
post-checkout
Adding / Updating git rebase
post-update Rewriting History
git filter-branch
pre-commit
Submodules git push --force
pre-push
Common Hooks
Managing Tags
Pushing Tags
Git Patch Git hooks Tagging
Checkout Tags
GitHub Workflow What and Why? What are these? GitHub Releases
Client vs Server Hooks Usecases
YAML Syntax
GitHub CLI GitHub Actions Workflow Triggers
Scheduled Worfklows
Installation and Setup Git Reflog
Workflow Runners
Repository management Git Bisect
Workflow Context
Issue Management Git Worktree Advanced Git Topics
Secrets and Env Vars
Pull Requests Git Attributes
Caching Dependencies
Use in Automation Git LFS
Storing Artifacts
GitHub Apps REST API Workflow Status
OAuth Apps GraphQL API Marketplace Actions
Creating Apps GitHub API GitHub Developer Tools Webhooks
Deploying Static Websites
GitHub Copilot GitHub Gists
GitHub Models GitHub Packages
More GitHub Features GitHub Pages
GitHub Marketplace GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Education GitHub Security
Custom Domains
GitHub Sponsors
Static Site Generators
Student Developer Pack
GitHub Classroom
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