How To Use Git to Collaborate with Others [Git Tutorial]

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How do developers collaborate on projects using Git?
They use something called Git branches. Every code base in Git has a master or main branch. This branch is the latest and greatest and most up to date version of your project’s codebase.
Whenever I work on a new feature or fix a bug at my company, I create my own branch which is just my own personal copy of the master branch.
I do all my development in that branch, and then when I have finalized all my changes. We do a code review of my branch and when the team is okay with my changes, I submit a pull request and my supervisors merge my branch into the master branch. And the process repeats.
Git is a really helpful tool and it’s important to know if you’re going to start coding with other people.
In this video, you'll learn:
✅What branches are in Git
✅How to create a branch
✅How to merge a branch
Hope this is helpful!
-Henrik
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[@henrikmdev]

Want a programming project to help you practice using git? From no coding experience to building your first app 📘Download my FREE programming guide here: henrikmdev.com/firstapp

[@shivambhuskute4713]

That's really a detailed video, I'm going to subscribe for this quality content

[@henrikmdev]

Glad it was helpful 🙂 feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

[@muokinzangi3067]

Very insight video for new beginner who never worked in company or organizations. Thanks

[@henrikmdev]

Glad it helped ☺️

[@uccoskun]

very good video, very nice explanation with an example. thank you and please keep doing videos for each problems you got,

[@henrikmdev]

Thank you for the encouragement! I plan to make more helpful videos :)

[@user-sd8tj7xk5j]

Best video till far on git branch and all stuff.

[@henrikmdev]

Thanks! 😊

[@parjapticreator]

really helpful video

[@henrikmdev]

Glad it was helpful! 🙂

[@dheerajmaske1194]

thankyou

[@henrikmdev]

You're welcome! 🤗

[@singhbaaz4351]

how uat, dev works in branches. do you create different branch, like when clien need to provide uat sign off how it works?

[@henrikmdev]

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "uat"? Can you clarify? It sounds like you're asking how developers use git professionally. I'm actually releasing a video about that this week! Stay tuned!

[@software4live]

He meant UAT (User Acceptance Testing) environment. @@henrikmdev

[@favouroladeji3722]

There are two branches, staging and master in remote repo. I only have master in my local repo. However i want to create a new branch from staging. How do i accomplish this

[@henrikmdev]

You need to do a git pull from the remote repo so that staging is in your local repo. When that's done, checkout the staging branch and do "git checkout -b new_branch_name" to make a new branch off of staging. Then you need to push that new branch at some point so that it's in the remote repo, otherwise it will remain local only.

[@superhero25e]

Nice vid

[@henrikmdev]

Thanks :)

[@superhero25e]

@@henrikmdev np

[@MDZAKIRHUSSAINS]

I have one question/doubt: what happens instead of git merge main if it is git pull from *your_new_feature* ?

[@henrikmdev]

Sorry I don't understand your question. Could you provide more context? Git merge and git pull are different git operations. Git merge is when you merge another branch into your branch. Git pull is when you pull the most recent changes in the remote repo into your local repo.

[@MDZAKIRHUSSAINS]

@@henrikmdev, Thank you so much. Now, I understood it correctly, about the differences in git pull and git merge. My question was: when I was in your_new_feature branch (from the video example), what might happen if I do git pull instead of git merge main? [ But now it is clear. being in your_new_feature branch if I do git pull then actually I am pulling my own changes to the local repository, But if I want to add main branch changes to my local repository in that case I must be doing git merge main. Am I correct?]

[@henrikmdev]

You got it! In addition to that, git pull also brings in information about other remote branches. So say your coworker created a new remote branch, you need to do a git pull so that your local repo is aware about it. Only after a git pull can you do a git checkout to see his/her branch in your local repo

[@MDZAKIRHUSSAINS]

@@henrikmdev, In that case, is that like... let us say *person A* has his/her local repo then if *person A* is doing git pull of his/her coworker's remote repo in his/her own local repo... is that git going to show *only the changes between local repo and pulled remote repo?* and then if he/she wants to merge they must use git merge?

[@henrikmdev]

Yes, on the console if you do a git pull, git will show you only the changes that were brought in to your local repo and your local repo will be the same as the remote. Then you can do a git merge or git rebase to bring someone else's branch changes into yours

[@abdotech8995]

What's the difference between merge (git merge) and merge pull request?

[@henrikmdev]

A git merge merges one branch into your current branch. A pull request is a request to merge one branch into another which allows for other developers to review (and approve) the merge before merging the branch.

[@abdotech8995]

Thanks, that was very helpful