Git Version Control: Branching, Merging, and Team Collaboration

Collaboration is at the heart of modern software development, but managing code changes across a team can quickly become chaotic without the right systems in place. This text-based course guides you from version control basics to confident team collaboration, helping you manage code repositories without fear of losing work or breaking production systems. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational version control concepts, repository structures, and essential Git commands. - Create and manage branches to isolate features, bug fixes, and experimental code. - Merge code changes confidently and resolve complex merge conflicts systematically. - Collaborate with team members using remote repositories, pull requests, and code review workflows. - Apply modern branching strategies, comparing trunk-based development with traditional Gitflow. - Implement security best practices, including SSH authentication and preventing sensitive credentials from being committed. You will start with key terminology and foundational concepts before moving into step-by-step written explanations of branching, merging, and collaborative workflows. Designed specifically for beginners, this course requires no prior experience with command-line tools or version control systems. Start reading today to build a rock-solid foundation in collaborative version control.