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Git

Stage 2 of Programming4 lessons

Git keeps your project's history: every version, who made it and why. Four lessons, in order: committing versions, writing their messages, looking back and working on branches. All on your computer; GitHub comes after.

Start with 2.5.1

  1. Lesson 2.5.1: Committing versions

    Git saves versions of a folder. Each version you commit to the history is a commit, with its message.

  2. Lesson 2.5.2: Messages

    A commit message is read by someone who wasn't there. With a shared format, it makes sense at a glance.

  3. Lesson 2.5.3: History and going back

    What you save with Git can be looked at and recovered: the history, the changes and any earlier version.

  4. Lesson 2.5.4: Branches

    A branch is a separate line of work: you try something without touching what already works.