Goal: Understand the basics of version control and how Git works.

Content

1. Why Care?
   • Explanation of version control systems (VCS)
2. What is Git

• What is Git? Why use it?

1. Being a good engineer

• Importance of writing good commits
• Does and don’ts

1. Basic Commands
   • Importance of version control in software development
2. QA and practice
3. Command Recap

Links / resources

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fba383985354e83474f95f36d7c65feb75dba19d
• https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/commits/master/
• https://cbea.ms/git-commit/
• https://www.develer.com/en/blog/git-come-scrivere-commits-e-perche/
• https://adr.github.io/

Why Care?

There are many resources online that we will later suggest. But the main reason we are running these sessions is because much of the stuff online is overcomplicated and not needed. We aim in these sessions to progressively get you confident in using git and github to control the versions of your code and potentially contribute to projects.