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Git & GitHub Manual

A practical manual compiled from training materials, hands-on labs, and reference knowledge.

How to use this manual: - Beginners: read Parts 1–3 in order. - Intermediate users: jump directly to Parts 3–5. - Advanced users: Part 7 covers Git internals in depth. - Chapters marked [GAP] are authored from knowledge/web sources, not the original training PDFs.

Part 1 — Getting Started

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01 Introduction to Version Control & Git vault
02 Shell Commands Primer vault
03 Installing & Configuring Git GAP
04 GitHub Authentication (SSH, PATs, gh CLI) GAP

Part 2 — Core Git Workflow

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05 Creating a Repository & Basic Operations vault
06 Tracking Files & File States vault
07 Ignoring Files (.gitignore) vault
08 Undoing Changes GAP
09 Stashing GAP
10 Inspecting History (log, blame, bisect, diff) GAP

Part 3 — Branching & History Management

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11 Branches and HEAD vault
12 Merging Branches vault
13 Rebasing vault
14 Interactive Rebase GAP + vault
15 Tags & Semantic Versioning vault
16 Detached HEAD vault + lab

Part 4 — GitHub & Collaboration

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17 GitHub Overview & Remote Repositories vault
18 Push, Fetch & Pull vault
19 Forks & Contributing to Open Source vault
20 Pull Requests vault
21 Branch Protection & Code Review Workflows GAP
22 GitHub Issues & Project Management GAP

Part 5 — Automation & Deployment

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23 Git Hooks vault + labs
24 GitHub Actions & CI/CD GAP
25 GitHub Pages (Static, Jekyll, React) labs

Part 6 — Workflows & Best Practices

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26 Git Workflows (GitFlow, Trunk-based, Feature Branch) GAP
27 Git Aliases & Productivity Tips GAP

Part 7 — Under the Hood (Advanced)

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28 Git Object Model: Blobs, Trees & Commits vault
29 SHA1, Hashing & Object Storage Internals vault

Appendix

# Topic
A Git Submodules
B Git LFS (Large File Storage)
C Signed Commits & GPG

Source Material Reference

Vault → Chapter Mapping

Vault Module Manual Chapter(s)
01-introduction/ Ch 01
02-basic-shell-commands/ Ch 02
03-how-git-works-under-the-hood/ Ch 28, Ch 29
04-basic-git-operations/ Ch 05, Ch 06
05-git-branches-and-head/ Ch 11
06-merging-branches/ Ch 12
07-github-and-remote-repositories/ Ch 17
08-git-push-fetch-and-pull/ Ch 18
09-pull-requests/ Ch 20
10-forks-and-contribution/ Ch 19
11-git-tags/ Ch 15, Ch 24 (CI/CD slide)
12-rebasing/ Ch 13, Ch 14
13-ignoring-files-in-git/ Ch 07
14-detached-head/ Ch 16
15-git-hooks/ Ch 23

Lab → Chapter Mapping

Lab Manual Chapter
labs/detached-head/ Ch 16
labs/gh-pages-static/ Ch 25
labs/gh-pages-markdown/ Ch 25
labs/gh-pages-react/ Ch 25
labs/git-hooks-local/ Ch 23
labs/git-hooks-nodejs/ Ch 23
labs/GitIgnore/ Ch 07
labs/rebase/ Ch 13, Ch 14
labs/tags/ Ch 15
labs/Git-Training-Udm/ Ch 05, Ch 06
labs/my-training-github-repository/ Ch 17, Ch 18
labs/vue/ Reference only

Gap Chapters (authored from knowledge/web)

Chapters marked GAP have no training PDF source. Content will be authored using: - Official Git documentation (https://git-scm.com/docs) - GitHub Docs (https://docs.github.com) - The Pro Git book (open source, https://git-scm.com/book)

Gap chapters: 03, 04, 08, 09, 10, 14 (partial), 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, App A, App B, App C