How To Use GIT and SourceTree - For Beginners

In this tutorial, i briefly go over the basics of GIT, and then I start the slow process of an example of GIT using SourceTree. Hopefully you're able to understand it pretty well after the first example.

I DO NOT cover Conflicts, Errors, or File Merging. I might cover that in another video...

Key words to remember when playing with Subversion & GIT
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1. Master Repository: place where you upload your Committed files.
2. Local Repository: place on your computer where you save and work on files
3. State/Revision: basically a save file of your repository (they never overwrite)
4. Commit: store your files to a state/revision on your local repository . These commits serve as nodes.
5. Nodes: "save files" of commits to the repository. Nodes automatically Branch off of the Master Repository
6. Branch: both a verb and a noun, referring how GIT branches off nodes when users commit their files.
7. Head: most recent node on a branch
8. Merge: Combines 2 branch heads together into 1 branch (usually with the Master Branch)
9. Push: Uploads or sends all of your commits to the Master Repository
10. Fetch: Downloads all of the commits from the Master Repository to your Local Repository (DOES NOT MERGE)
11. Pull: Downloads all of the commits from the Master Repository to your Local Repository AND MERGES your most recent commit

[daveeckblad]

First time I've ever paid attention to someone with an anime avatar. Despite the poor mic, your presentation is well organized and well described. Thanks.

[sufferererik]

that list on the left side really did the job, tywm

[SeanCMedina]

Thanks - this is the best SourceTree/Git tutorial I've seen. Your keywords chart is quite useful too. Good job!

[legowolfd]

The best GIT/SourceTree intro video I've seen so far except the mouse click noises are a little annoying.

[teeed]

thanks a lot for going through the effort of putting this together

[waymoot]

What program did you use to make this video? I especially like the way it tracks and shows what keys you use.

[dry_biscuits]

An explanation of the difference between fetch and pull would be useful, as would a proper merge conflict.

[divyagarg]

Thanks, it's the best video on this topic for beginners. Can you upload more video's on how to merge code when people are working parallely on same file and also to read the flow chart when multiple branches exist.

[djpetz]

Why did you have to pull again after the fetch at the end, I thought fetch pulled and then merged, cheers and thanks so much!!

[TanveerHassan]

Thank you man! The video was very helpful. The clicking sound was very annoying though :(

[ilmatic]

Great job (: You really helped me understand how Git works!

[amparrr]

Thanks.  You forgot to write the meaning of "staged".
Can you use git only for plain text files or for anything? (for example pdf, zip...)

[kungra]

Nice video and a good walkthrough. If provided the flowchart and the points, would be better that will retain.

[ultralooter]

Why take Jill and Joe as example names? These sound too much the same. Why not Joe and Anna for example? For the rest nice tut.

[randym.]

Hey - Thank you Kevin for doing this. Much appreciated.

[shiyamjannan]

Great explain... Appreciate your work...Keep it up

[KunjiNannu]

Thanks for uploading this video, very helpful. Do you have anything on branching and merging?

[ClaudioBalbin]

Could you put the keyword list in the video description? Would help a lot!

[cucco]

Just some constructive criticism: you could also show occuring conflicts and troubleshooting (detached head, ...) if you're in the mood.

[hcavalaria]

Thank you very much kevin, this was extremely helpful.