Free ebookGit for Programmers: Version Control for Small Projects

Course Description

Git for Programmers: Version Control for Small Projects is a practical ebook course designed to help you manage code changes with confidence, even when you are working solo or in a tiny team. If you build apps, scripts, or small libraries, learning Git the right way makes your work safer, easier to maintain, and simpler to share.

You will develop a clear mental model of repositories, the working tree, and the commit mindset so your history tells a useful story instead of becoming noise. As you progress, you will learn how to undo mistakes, amend commits, and recover safely, which is essential for day to day development in small projects where speed matters but stability still counts.

The course also shows how to choose what should and should not be tracked, using .gitignore rules and smart tracking decisions to keep repositories clean. You will practice branching for small features to isolate changes, reduce risk, and make reviews faster. When it is time to combine work, you will learn merging approaches such as fast forward merges and merge commits, along with practical conflict resolution strategies that keep you moving.

Because modern programming often involves collaboration, you will also work with remotes and common team workflows, including pull requests and reviewing changes with Git. Finally, you will learn to tag versions and create reliable milestones, so releases and snapshots are easy to revisit, compare, and restore when needed.

Start this free Information Technology ebook course in IT Tools today and build Git skills you can apply immediately to real projects, cleaner code history, and smoother collaboration.