Rewriting Git History
Git is a powerful tool for managing an application’s source code as it is developed. This course will teach you how to use Git’s powerful history-editing tools to ensure that the repository keeps a clean, clear record of the project's development.
What you'll learn
Understanding the history of an application’s development can be a critical aspect when questions arise about its behavior. When this understanding is required, having a clean, clear history is invaluable. In this course, Rewriting Git History, you’ll learn to navigate and revise a project’s history to increase its clarity. First, you’ll explore how to view a repository’s history and make simple changes. Next, you’ll discover how to manipulate commits by reordering, updating, or deleting them. Finally, you’ll learn how to use third-party tools to quickly make large changes throughout a project’s history such as removing passwords that were accidentally included in the repository. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of history management with Git needed to ensure that your project histories are clear, readable, and easy to follow.
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About the author
Michael Van Sickle is an application architect in Akron, Ohio. He started his career as a mechanical engineer, designing components for the automotive industry, before changing to software engineering. He is passionate about learning new programming languages and is comfortable working in Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and F#. Mike also loves learning about user experience design and is taking a lead role in his company's attempt to make applications that are elegant and simple. When he i... more