Getting Started with Git: Understand the Git Version Control System and How to Use it at a Basic Level

Learn how to use one the most popular version control systems. This video mixes shorter, theoretical segments with longer tasks that demonstrate Git in action. It teaches you motivations, typical goals, and how to achieve them. This video explains Git and gives reasons to use it. Next, it shows you how to set Git up and configure Git. Finally, it explains how to create Git repositories. Before moving on to the distributed aspect, we will first cover the basics of working locally. This leads to a discussion about working with remote repositories. Split-screen demonstrations of each feature are used in both ways. You can see step-by-step how Git tools are used to accomplish tasks.