Day 1: Introduction to Git – Your Personal Time Machine for Code

Module 1: What is Git and Why Do We Need It?

• Understanding the Problem Git Solves
  • Real-life example: Writing a group report and losing track of who made what change
  • Manual backups vs. version control
• What is Git?
  • Git as a version control system (VCS)
  • Git vs. Google Docs: offline, code-focused, and structured

Module 2: Setting Up Git

• Installing Git on your system
  • Hands-on: Walkthrough on Windows/Mac/Linux
• Initial Setup
  • Configuring name and email:
    • git config --global user.name "Your Name"
    • git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
  • Real-life analogy: Like registering your ID before checking out library books

Module 3: Initializing and Understanding Git Repositories

• What is a repository?
  • Real-life example: Think of a repo as a folder with a memory
• Creating your first repo
  • git init
  • Hands-on: Create a folder and initialize Git inside it
• Checking status
  • git status
  • Visualizing changes (tracked vs untracked)

Module 4: Saving Your Work with Commits

• The staging area
  • Real-life example: Like adding groceries to a cart before checkout
• Commands to stage and commit
  • git add filename or git add .
  • git commit -m "Your message"
• Good commit messages
  • Analogy: Writing clear to-do notes for your future self
• Hands-on: Add and commit a sample text file

Module 5: Tracking History and Going Back

• Viewing your commit history
  • git log
• Undoing changes and restoring previous versions
  • git checkout, git restore, git reset (basic usage)
  • Analogy: Rewinding your Netflix show to an earlier scene