Git Series

Git is the industry-standard distributed version control system used to track changes, coordinate work across teams, and maintain the full history of a codebase. From committing and branching to merging and rebasing, mastering git is foundational for every developer and operations professional.

This curated series provides a practical overview of essential Git workflows and techniques, from setting up credentials and managing branches to rewriting history and resolving merge conflicts.

Git Essentials

• Git for Beginners: The Definitive Practical Guide
• Git vs. GitHub
• Best Practices for Git Commit Message
• Configuring git Credentials
• Adding Git Credentials in VS Code

Branches and Synchronization

• Find the Differences Between Two Git Branches
• Clone All Remote Branches in Git
• Synchronizing Local and Remote Branches in Git
• Determine When a Git Branch Was Created
• Move Existing, Uncommitted Work to a New Branch in Git
• Delete All Git Branches Which Have Been Merged

Commits and History

• Squash the Last X Commits Using Git
• Remove a Large File from Commit History in Git
• Undo and Revert Commits in Git
• How to Modify Git Commit Messages
• How to Control and Ignore Whitespace Changes in Git Commands
• Searching for a String in Git Commits

Merging and Rebasing

• Merge Strategies in Git
• Difference Between git merge and rebase
• Git Merging: Conflict Resolution and Undoing a merge
• Guide to Undo a git rebase
• How to Fix Git “Refusing to Merge Unrelated Histories”

Staging and Stash

• Guide to Git Staging and the Stash
• Difference Between Git Stash Pop and Git Stash Apply
• How to Recover a Dropped Stash in Git
• Remove File From Git Repository Without Deleting It Locally
• How to Discard Unstaged Changes in Git
• Removing Tracked Files With .gitignore