VS Code Git Workflow Walkthrough for Beginners
Learn staging, committing, branching and merging in the editor.
The Open buttons send the prompt text as currently shown below to that site only when you click. Fill in the placeholders first.
[VERIFY] is an editorial flag, not a blank to fill. Wherever the prompt shows [VERIFY], check that item against a reliable source before you use it.
Teach me the basic Git workflow inside Visual Studio Code, one concept at a time. My situation: [SITUATION], for example a solo project, a team repository, or my first pull request. What I already know: [KNOWN_SKILLS]. Mistakes I have made: [PAST_MISTAKES]. Explain in plain words what a repository, commit, branch and remote are. Walk through a typical day, naming each button as it appears and warning me before any step that can lose work: check the status in the Source Control view, review changes line by line, stage files, write a commit message (a one-line summary under 50 characters, then a short reason), switch or create a branch, pull before you push, push, and open a pull request. Show how to resolve a merge conflict with the merge editor [VERIFY the current layout], and how to undo safely: discard a change, amend the last commit, or revert a commit already shared. Explain what never to do on a shared branch (force push) and why. Provide a ten-step practice exercise on a throwaway repository with the expected result of each step, the commands the interface runs under the hood so I can learn the terminal equivalent [VERIFY], and a one-page cheat sheet.
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