Designing and Implementing Source Control using GitHub and Azure DevOps

Course details

As a modern developer or DevOps engineer, you need to be comfortable using source control management systems when managing collaborative development efforts. Becoming familiar with Azure DevOps and GitHub is essential, as you need to learn how to use these powerful tools to design and implement source control within your applications.

Find out how to implement adequate source control management and branching strategies to govern your repositories and support your team’s development efforts. Along the way, explore some of the most important factors to consider when designing your source control management system as well as significant factors that can influence different configurations. This course can also be used as a resource for anybody looking to earn their Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Manage your projects with source control solutions

1. Understanding Source Control System Options

02 - What is a source control management system
03 - Types of source control management systems
04 - Azure DevOps or GitHub

2. Using Git for Source Control Management

05 - Understanding GitHub
06 - Set up and clone a repository
07 - Using a .gitignore file
08 - Understanding large file storage
09 - Configuring Git LFS
10 - Git management tools
11 - Exploring Git CLI commands

3. Using Git with Azure DevOps

12 - Understanding Azure DevOps
13 - Set up a Git repository in Azure DevOps
14 - Using tags in Git
15 - Configuring tags in source control
16 - Importing from GitHub to Azure DevOps

4. Implementing Branching Strategies

17 - Understanding Git branches
18 - Creating a Git branch
19 - Using pull requests
20 - Merging a pull request in Git
21 - Understanding Git merge methods
22 - Performing a merge and rebase
23 - Handling merge conflicts
24 - Git branching strategies
25 - Using the Git flow branching strategy

5. Setting up Repositories and Permissions

26 - Branch policies and why you need them
27 - Setting up branch security
28 - Git authentication strategies

Conclusion

29 - Continue improving with Git