DevOps Foundations: Work Effectively with Version Control in DevOps
In this lab, you’ll practice the essentials of version control. When you’re finished, you’ll know how to use version control to keep your work safe.
Terms and conditions apply.
Challenge
Get Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
Challenge
Create a New Repository
You have just joined Globomantics, a small advertising company that is looking to do some client work via software, which will need version control. Your previous company had admins that handled all of the Git work, but in this new company, that responsibility will fall to you.
Challenge
Check in Your Work
Commits are the life blood of a version control repository, and branches allow you to isolate work. You'll learn to commit, and to work with branches effectively.
Challenge
Work with Git Stash
Mistakes may happen on the primary branch. One useful tool to recover from such errors is the git stash command.
Challenge
Resolve a Merge Conflict
Merge conflicts are a fact of life as a developer. To finish this lab, you will learn to resolve such a conflict.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.
Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
Did you know?
On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.
Recommended prerequisites
- Basic competence with Linux, including familiarity with vim
- Some very basic understanding of version control, ideally git