Elevating Your Skills: Advanced Git & GitHub for DevOps Engineers

Hello, my tech Family! 👋

Git Branching

Use a branch to isolate development work without affecting other branches in the repository. Each repository has one default branch and can have multiple other branches. You can merge a branch into another branch using a merge request.

Branches allow you to develop features, fix bugs, or safely experiment with new ideas in a contained area of your repository.

Why Use Git Branching?

There are several reasons why Git branching is an integral part of a developer's workflow:

It allows you to isolate new code from the master branch, making it possible to test and debug new features or changes without affecting the main project.
It helps in collaborative work. Each team member can work independently on their branch and later merge changes back to the main codebase.
It supports code review processes and helps in maintaining code quality.

Git Revert and Reset

Two commonly used tools that git users will encounter are those of git reset and git revert . The benefit of both of these commands is that you can use them to remove or edit changes you’ve made in the code in previous commits.

Git Rebase and Merge

What Is Git Rebase?

Git rebase is a command that lets users integrate changes from one branch to another, and the logs are modified once the action is complete. Git rebase was developed to overcome merging’s shortcomings, specifically regarding logs.

What Is Git Merge?

Git merge is a command that allows developers to merge Git branches while the logs of commits on branches remain intact.

The merge wording can be confusing because we have two methods of merging branches, and one of those ways is actually called “merge,” even though both procedures do essentially the same thing.

Stay tuned for more such insightful blogs. Until then, happy coding! 💻🎉