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About the Course

Course 4 focuses on using git for open source software distributed development. Git is a revision control system which arose out of the Linux kernel development community. Git was designed to help developers spread across the globe working on complicated projects coordinate their work in a rational way and keep track of everything they were doing. Overtime, Git has grown to be used by millions of projects today. This course gives you the opportunity to learn how to use git efficiently and make contributions in a relatively short amount of time. It will cover: How to install git How to initialize a repository How to make changes in a repository How to make changes in repositories available to others How to acquire changes made by other individuals How to find errors in your work and go back to earlier states of yoru projects How to make commits, diffs, merges, rebases. The course will help you get the skills to have a good understanding on how to use git. You will have a good knowledge about git workflows, identifying problems in your workflows, and finding solutions to solve these problems....

Top reviews

DB

Dec 26, 2020

thank you very much teacher. this course has been beneficial for me. I would like to continue the specialization but being a student I have financial difficulties. thank you professor.

DA

Jun 13, 2020

It's a amazing class for me thanks coursera and Linux group and thank you instructor for the valuable information about Linux

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By Liubov S

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Jul 23, 2024

Good Git intro and labs, but easier to go through when having at least some experience with other version control systems

By MANUEL A Q C

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Sep 4, 2020

This course has more difficult labs and you'll learn all of git basic for development. I enjoyed so much this course!

By JesseTewboo

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Jul 25, 2021

This is really a nice blessing. I learned a lot of about oss from here. Thank you so much for this lesson.

By Marcel D

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Aug 14, 2020

Nice course to refresh or learn git, I refreshed a lot and I learnt new concepts and methods.

By Lokesh R

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May 20, 2022

Excellent Course..I recommend everyone to take this course to learn Linux,Git

By Efraín M M

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Nov 7, 2020

Excellent course. Good exercises that make the process simple and not tedious

By Niladri B

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Oct 11, 2020

A big thanks to Coursera and the Linux Foundation for this excellent course.

By Sushant D P

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Sep 23, 2020

Very good course, explaining basics of git and distributed development.

By Алексей А Т

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Apr 11, 2021

An interesting course, I got acquainted with new functions for myself

By Andres H

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Oct 16, 2020

Great introduction course, foundational knowledge is enough to start.

By Kacja C

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Feb 23, 2023

Nice course! Well structured information and useful practical tasks.

By SHOAIB S

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Jul 4, 2020

I have learned a lot of things related to git and its architecture

By Diptyajit P

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Nov 23, 2020

Very good course with so much information and easy to understand.

By shyam s

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Oct 14, 2020

Good course to learn about Opensource , Linux and Git

By Jorge Z O

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Mar 2, 2022

It would be great if it included study material.

By Aditya M S

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Jul 2, 2020

awsome course surely will recommend to all

By Rodney Y C L

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Jan 25, 2021

Great course @ http://rodyeo.dyndns.org

By wiem

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Aug 18, 2020

very good course, good documentation

By Hariprasad M

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Oct 16, 2020

A great introductory course on git.

By CHANDRAGIRI S

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Nov 5, 2020

Best course I have ever seen.

By Nicola R

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Feb 23, 2021

Very useful, great professor

By Leonardo F

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Mar 12, 2023

Nice and Efficient Course!

By THANGE P V

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Nov 30, 2020

These courses were great.

By Sourabha G

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Dec 5, 2019

Very informative course !

By Luzia T

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Apr 4, 2024

Good introduction to Git