Git and GitHub: A Free Course by RubyLearning
If you’re new to Git and/or GitHub and want to take your skills to the next level, you’ll definitely want to check out [Git and GitHu]( A Free Course”:http://rubylearning.com/blog/2009/02/10/git-and-github-a-free-course/) by…
If you’re new to Git and/or GitHub and want to take your skills to the next level, you’ll definitely want to check out [Git and GitHu]( A Free Course”:http://rubylearning.com/blog/2009/02/10/git-and-github-a-free-course/) by our friends over at RubyLearning. The online course starts on 21st Feb. 2009 and runs for a week. The course topics are:
- What’s Version Control
- What’s Git
- Downloading and Installing Git
- Create your local repository folder
- Create your SSH Key
- What’s GitHub?
- Set up your GitHub account
- Creating a new repository
- Deleting and renaming repositories
- Fork a repository
- Push changes to a repository
- Clone a public project
- Add collaborators to a project
- Collaborate with other users
- Send a pull request
- Merge changes from a pull request
- Watch projects and people
- Use project wikis
- Create and delete branches and tags
- Generate RubyGems
- Create GitHub pages
- Exercises
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