Lab 2: Working with Git

In this lab you get a better understanding of how Git works.

Git tutorial

Open up this interactive Git tutorial and do the 4 lessons under "Introduction Sequence", as well as the 8 lessons under the "Remotes" tab: "Push & Pull -- Git Remotes!"

Tips

• The tutorial has keyboard commands for most actions:
  • reset
  • undo
  • show goal
  • hide goal
  • show objectives
  • levels
  • level intro2
• In the demonstrations, sometimes you have to scroll down to see everything.

Commands

Here are the commands that are relevant for this tutorial:

• git commit - makes a new commit.
• git branch branchName - makes a new branch.
• git branch -f branchName target - forces the given branch to move to the target commit or branch.
• git checkout branchName - changes to the given branch.
• git checkout -b branchName - creates and changes to the given branch.
• git merge branchName - merges the given branch in with the current one.
• git rebase branchName - make it look as though the current branch was derived directly from the given branch.
• git clone - makes a local copy of a remote repository
• git fetch - updates commits and remote branches according to the remote repository
• git pull - does a fetch then merges local with remote branches
• git pull --rebase - shorthand for fetch and rebase
• git fakeTeamwork [branchName] [numberOfCommits] - specific to the tutorial: does a commit on the remote repository as if someone else is working on it
• git push - uploads your commits to a remote repository

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When you are done, show that you have completed the tutorials to get credit.

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