Compiled Learning Objectives

Version control software

• Define a repository
• Define a commit
• Explain the purpose of version control software

Sharing history

• Identify the number of commits on the main branch of a remote repository
• Identify the author, time and message of a given commit on GitHub

Inspecting a commit

• Given a remote repository on GitHub, identify the files and folders from any commit in a version timeline

Inspecting previous versions

• Use a Git history to view previous versions of a project
• Find the commit that corresponds to a particular version of a project

Forking a repository

• Create a fork of a repository

Working locally

• Clone a remote repository from GitHub into a local folder
• Define the terms ‘remote’ and ’local’ in the context of GitHub

Viewing files from a git clone

• Open a cloned repository in your IDE
• Explore the repository in your IDE
• Open the Integrated Terminal in VSCode

Branching

• Explain why a git repository may have multiple branches
• Describe what’s special about the branch named main
• Create a new local branch in a git repository

Wrapping up Git

• Commit changes to a local git branch

General Weekly Availability

• Share availability with others using a spreadsheet

Identify pairs per week

• Organise pairs for co-working using Google sheet

Git workshop

• Save local changes to a repository in VSCode
• Stage local changes
• Commit changes to a local branch
• Define “pushing”
• Push local changes onto a remote repository