009 Forking And Pull Requests
Channel: Cyber Elias Academy
Date: 26/02/2023

Branching and merging are important concepts in version control systems like Git. Branching allows you to create a separate copy of your codebase, which you can then modify independently of the main codebase. Merging is the process of combining changes from one branch into another.

To create a new branch in Git, you can use the git branch command, followed by the name of the new branch. For example, to create a new branch called feature-branch, you would run the following command:

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git branch feature-branch
To switch to the new branch, you can use the git checkout command, followed by the name of the branch. For example, to switch to the feature-branch branch, you would run the following command:

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git checkout feature-branch
Once you have made changes to the new branch, you can merge them back into the main branch using the git merge command. For example, to merge the feature-branch branch back into the main branch, you would run the following command:

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git checkout main
git merge feature-branch
Git will automatically try to merge the changes from the two branches. If there are conflicts, Git will notify you and ask you to resolve them manually.

Tags in Git are a way to mark specific commits in your repository. You can use tags to label releases, milestones, or other significant events in your project's history. To create a tag in Git, you can use the git tag command, followed by the name of the tag and the commit ID you want to tag. For example, to create a tag called v1.0 for the commit with ID abc123, you would run the following command:

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git tag v1.0 abc123
You can also create annotated tags, which include additional metadata such as a message and a tagger. Annotated tags are created using the -a option, followed by the name of the tag. For example, to create an annotated tag called v1.0 for the commit with ID abc123, you would run the following command:

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git tag -a v1.0 abc123 -m "Tagging version 1.0"
To push tags to a remote repository, you can use the git push command with the --tags option. For example, to push all tags to the remote repository, you would run the following command:

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git push --tags
Some useful Git commands related to branching and merging are:

git branch: List all branches in the repository.
git checkout: Switch to a different branch.
git merge: Merge changes from one branch into another.
git tag: Create or list tags in the repository.
git push --tags: Push tags to the remote repository.
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