Advanced Git, methodologies and workflows

Target Audience

• Developers
• QA engineers
• DevOps engineers
• Automation engineers

Prerequisites

• Assuming that the audience already knows the basics of git: (commit, log, push, pull, branch, merge)
• Bring your own computer where you already have Git-SCM installed and where you have the rights to install new software.

Objectives

• Be able to use the advanced features of Git. Understand the various methodologies and be able to use them in the appropriate situations.

Course Format

• Duration of the course is typically 8 academic hours. One full day or two half-days.
• The course includes approximately 40% hands-on lab work.

Language

• The course is given in Hebrew with slides and materials in English.

Syllabus

1. Advanced commands
   • stash, to allow for quick switching of work.
   • rebase, to make history smoother.
   • bisect, to quickly find the change that broke the code.
   • Revert changes
   • Cherry Picking
   • Interactive commit
   • Interactive rebase
   • Squashing commits
   • Advanced log history searches
   • Building custom command using aliases
   • Fix failed and abandoned merge
2. Introducing several methodologies, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of them.
   • Single master centralized workflow.
   • Short feature branches.
   • Long feature branches with frequent rebase.
   • GitFlow (feature branches, bug-fix branches, development branch, release branch)
   • Forking workflow with multiple remote repositories.
   • Working with Pull-requests.

Contact

Contact: Gabor Szabo gabor@hostlocal.com
Phone: +972-54-4624648