Git & Github

Git & GitHub Mastery Roadmap

This detailed roadmap will take you from beginner to expert in Git & GitHub, covering version control, branching, merging, collaboration, CI/CD, open-source contributions, and advanced workflows.

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Phase 1: Understanding Git & Version Control

✅ What is Git?

• Why use Git? Benefits of version control

• Difference between Git & GitHub

• Installing Git on Windows, macOS, and Linux

✅ Basic Git Commands & Concepts

• git init – Initialize a repository

• git status – Check repo status

• git add . – Add changes to staging

• git commit -m "message" – Save changes

• git log – View commit history

📌 Mini Projects:

• Create a Local Git Repository and Commit Changes

• Track Changes in a Simple HTML Project

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Phase 2: Working with Remote Repositories (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)

✅ Connecting to GitHub & Remote Repos

• Creating a GitHub repository

• Cloning (git clone) & adding remote (git remote add origin)

• Pushing changes (git push origin main)

✅ Fetching & Pulling Changes

• git fetch vs git pull

• Handling merge conflicts

📌 Mini Projects:

• Push a Local Project to GitHub

• Sync Changes Between Local and Remote Repositories

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Phase 3: Branching, Merging & Collaboration

✅ Branching & Merging in Git

• Creating branches (git branch feature-branch)

• Switching branches (git checkout feature-branch)

• Merging (git merge feature-branch)

✅ Collaboration with GitHub

• Forking & Cloning Repositories

• Pull Requests & Code Reviews

• GitHub Issues & Discussions

📌 Mini Projects:

• Create & Merge a Feature Branch

• Open a Pull Request & Merge a Feature into Main

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Phase 4: Advanced Git Techniques

✅ Rebasing & Cherry-Picking

• git rebase vs git merge

• git cherry-pick – Selectively apply commits

✅ Git Stashing & Resetting

• git stash – Save work without committing

• git reset vs git revert

📌 Mini Projects:

• Use Stashing to Save Temporary Changes

• Practice Rebasing & Cherry-Picking Commits

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Phase 5: GitHub Actions & CI/CD

✅ Automating Workflows with GitHub Actions

• Setting up GitHub Actions

• Running CI/CD Pipelines (Linting, Testing, Deployment)

✅ GitHub Packages & Releases

• Versioning & Tagging Releases (git tag v1.0.0)

• Publishing Packages to GitHub Registry

📌 Mini Projects:

• Automate Tests & Deployment with GitHub Actions

• Tag & Release a Versioned Project

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Phase 6: Open Source Contributions & Best Practices

✅ Contributing to Open Source

• Finding Projects to Contribute (GitHub Explore)

• Writing Good Commit Messages & PR Descriptions

✅ Best Practices in Git & GitHub

• Semantic Commit Messages (feat, fix, refactor)

• Using .gitignore for Ignoring Files

• Signing Commits (git commit -S)

📌 Mini Projects:

• Contribute to an Open Source Project

• Submit a Pull Request to a Public Repo

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Useful GitHub Repositories

Topic	Repository
Git Basics	ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh
Git Best Practices	endoflife-date
Advanced Git Usage	git/git
GitHub Actions	actions/starter-workflows
Open-Source Contributions	firstcontributions/first-contributions

Final Step: Real-World Practice & Skill Testing

🔥 Platforms to Test & Improve Skills:

• Pro Git Book – Official Git Documentation

• GitHub Learning Lab – Hands-on GitHub Training

• Oh My Git! – Interactive Git Game

🚀 By mastering this roadmap, you’ll be able to: ✅ Efficiently Manage Code Versions & Collaboration ✅ Work on Large-Scale Open Source & Enterprise Projects ✅ Automate CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub Actions

🔥 Start mastering Git & GitHub today!