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title: "Lecture A: Course info"
tags: Lecture, Birgitte, day 1
description: "Introduction to Git"
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Introduction to Git --- Fall 2022
# Lecture A: Course info

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<small>Slides: https://hackmd.io/@git-fall-2022/LA-intro#/</small>

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## Introduction to Git

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This course will be an introduction to version control, with a strong focus on Git.

Instructors:
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* Pedro Ojeda-May (HPC2N)
* Birgitte Brydsö (HPC2N)
* Diana Iusan (UPPMAX)
* Björn Claremar (UPPMAX)

The course will have a mixture of lectures and hands-ons, and will be split into modules. It will consist of five half-days.

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## Introduction to Git - continued

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* The lectures will be done in the main Zoom room.
* Most modules will have hands-ons. These are done in the main Zoom room, but with the possibility to go to break-out rooms for help.
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* Some hands-ons will be done locally on your own computer and some will be done using GitHub.
* If there is a problem using your own computer, the backup solution is logging in to Kebnekaise and using that.
* The hands-ons for the module named "Teamwork" will be done in small groups, using GitHub.

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## Introduction to Git - continued

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* During the hands-ons you can just ask the instructors if there is anything you need help with.
* You can ask in the chat, but the recommended option is using the Questions and Answers page (Q&A page). The link can be found on the "Important information" page. Please write any questions you have during the lectures etc. to the Q&A page. The instructors will try to answer as quickly as possible.
* Scroll down on a slide page to get to access the slides in a text form (small pen icon)

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## Overview

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**1. day**
* 0. Introduction and setup
* 1. Motivation - Why use version management?
* 2. Basic concepts
- Blobs, Trees, Commits, References, etc.

**2. day**
* 3. Basics commands, part 1
- Creating & cloning repositories, Adding files, Committing, etc.
- Hands-on
* 3. Basics commands, part 2
- Creating & cloning repositories, Adding files, Committing, etc.
- Hands-on
* 4. Traversing the commit tree, part 1
- History, Tags, HEAD, Diffs, etc.
- Hands-on

**3. day**
* 4. Traversing the commit tree, part 2
- History, Tags, HEAD, Diffs, etc.
- Hands-on
* 4. Traversing the commit tree, part 3
- History, Tags, HEAD, Diffs, etc.
- Hands-on
* 5. Branches, merges, and conflicts, part 1
- Basics concepts, Creation, deletion, Conflicts, etc.
- Hands-on

**4. day**
* 5. Branchess, merges, and conflicts, part 2
- Basics concepts, Creation, deletion, Conflicts, etc.
- Hands-on
* 6. Working with remotes, part 1
- Basics concepts, Pull, push, fetch, GitHub, etc.
- Hands-on
* 6. Working with remotes, part 2
- Basics concepts, Pull, push, fetch, GitHub, etc.
- Hands-on

**5. day**
* 7. Teamwork, part 1
- Hands-on
* 7. Teamwork, part 2
- Hands-on
* 7. Teamwork, part 3
- Hands-on
* Catch-up from previous days