Master Version Control – Branching, Merging, Collaboration

About this course

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Master version control with Git in this comprehensive course designed to make you proficient in Git workflows and collaboration techniques. By the end of this course, you'll be able to confidently manage version control, collaborate with team members, and navigate Git’s powerful branching and merging features. You’ll gain hands-on experience with Git commands, GitHub, and advanced tools like GitHub Desktop and SourceTree. The course begins by introducing cloning, exploring, and modifying remote repositories. It covers the essentials of committing changes, using the git diff command, and managing repository contents in GitHub and Visual Studio Code. As you move on, you'll dive into branch merging, starting with simple fast-forward merges and advancing to resolving merge conflicts, both through the terminal and in Visual Studio Code. Next, you'll explore GitHub’s role in collaborative development, how to push, fetch, and pull changes, and the process of creating and managing pull requests. The course also delves into forking repositories and contributing to open-source projects, including syncing changes from the upstream repository and submitting pull requests. You’ll also learn about configuring protected branch rules to enforce review policies for smooth collaboration. This course is ideal for software developers, engineers, and anyone looking to improve their version control and collaboration skills. Some experience with basic Git commands and GitHub is recommended, and the course caters to both intermediate learners and professionals.

Course objectives

• build proficiency in Git workflows
• enhance collaboration techniques
• apply Git commands in real-world scenarios