week 1

Week 1 is mostly just getting git set up on your local computer, starting a GitHub account, and doing a some basic git tasks.

Udemy

• Section 1: Getting Started with Git (~1h)
• Section 2: Getting Started with GitHub (~40m)

SciComp

• course intro
• summary/commentary
• commandline and GUI thoughts
• GitHub organizations
• when should you commit? what should you commit?
• tips & miscellaneous
• next assignment
• Q&A

week 2

Week 2 covers fundamental, everyday git and GitHub operations.

Udemy

• Section 3: Fork and Clone (1h15m)
• Section 4: Working with Branches (1h15m)
• video 34 from Section 5 (more on merges)
• Section 10: Using Git and GitHub from the IDE (2h) (optional; watch the video for your IDE if you like)

SciComp

• summary/commentary
• central concept: your repo is yours (local vs remote repos)
• central concept: git branching from a graph perspective
• deleting, renaming, and moving files
• tips & miscellaneous
• next assignment
• Q&A

week 3

Week 3 covers more fundamentals.

Udemy

• Section 5: Merge Conflicts (1h)
• Section 6: Collaboration in GitHub (1h)

SciComp

• summary/commentary
• common workflows with branches
• merge conflict tools
• git reset
• git stash
• next assignment
• Q&A

week 4

Week 4 will be a mix of optional, intermediate, and advanced topics.

Udemy

• Section 7: Working with an Open Source Project (1h10m)
• Section 8: Markdown (1h10m) (optional; Markdown is easy to look up as you need it)
• Section 9: GitHub Pages (20m) (optional; most people will never need it)
• Section 11: Intro to Continuous Integration and Delivery (45m) (totally optional; you'll know if you need it)

SciComp

• summary/commentary
• rebase vs merge
• other GitHub tools
• advanced topics/you should know this exists
• wrap-up
• Q&A