{"id":3851,"date":"2017-12-17T13:41:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2018-11-06T22:37:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T22:37:58","slug":"learn-git-fast-job-depends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/miscellaneou\/learn-git-fast-job-depends\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Git fast as if your job depends on it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update: Fancy a video course? I made my first one on Skillshare, go check it out<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

TL;DR<\/h2>\n

In this post, with a grain of humor, I’m going to show you the minimum number of Git commands that you need to learn in order to start being productive and get that code from your machine to the company Git server. Also, I’ll cover a bit of theory and Git installation as well.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer<\/h2>\n

\n \u26a0\ufe0f Nobody in this story, and no outfit or corporation, thank God, is based upon an actual person or outfit in the real world. But I can tell you this; as my journey through the software jungle progressed, I came to realize that, by comparison with the reality, my story was as tame as a holiday postcard. ~ John le Carr\u00e9\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Setting the stage<\/h2>\n

So, let’s set a scene; it’s your first day as a junior developer straight out of college. You get to work, greet your superior that’s supposed to be responsible for you, and since he’s too busy with putting down some fire that just popped up, he, conversely, while you’re trying to keep up walking aside him tells you something like:<\/p>\n

\n I’ve set the Git access for you to my website project.<\/p>\n

You have a ticket in our project management tool assigned to you. No worries, it’s just some simple stuff that needs to be changed.<\/p>\n

Just check the email details, and you can start immediately.<\/p>\n

I’m aware that you may not be familiar with Git. I’m not trying to be an asshole, but just deal with it, learn it, OK? Don’t they, like, teach you kids nothing in school these days?<\/p>\n

Ah, I gotta run.<\/p>\n

Oh, and one more thing, look up branching and do not EVER, and I repeat – EVER, commit to master; do a PR instead! Good luck and see ya later!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK. You sit down at your cubicle, open up your email client, log in, and there you see the email (without the subject line, of course) with the contents:<\/p>\n

\n Here’s a link to the Git repo on Github<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Good luck,
\n Mr. Superior\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reality sets in<\/h2>\n

\n \u26a0\ufe0f This, in and of itself is a poor onboarding if you ask me, but I personally have seen it way too many times, so here are the things you need to do to get productive fast and learn the ropes as fast as you can.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So now you’re, in lack of better words, screwed (you know the exact word, but we’re not supposed to be using profanity here, ae?).<\/p>\n

You’re lost. You heard about Git before, but you never used it. Now you’re kicking yourself for not learning it properly yourself. But, it is what it is, and since you’re really determined to make it in this ‘programming’ world, you’re ready to do what it takes.<\/p>\n

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I would question the fact that if you are ‘so into it’, how come you haven’t learned it yet, but as Mr. Superior said, I’m not trying to be an asshole<\/em> ?<\/p>\n

Therefore, buckle up young padawan, you’re in for a ride!<\/p>\n

What is this Git thing?<\/h2>\n

First, let me start off with a few problems:<\/p>\n