Git Deep Dive

Master the tool that every engineer uses daily but few truly understand.

You already know git add, git commit, git push. This course takes you from “I can save my work” to “I understand the machine and can handle any situation.”

Every module uses Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and real infrastructure files — not hello.txt.

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Modules

#	Module	Time	What You’ll Master
1	Module 1: The Ghost in the Machine — Git Internals	90 min	.git directory, objects, SHA hashing, the DAG
2	Module 2: The Art of the Branch — Advanced Merging	75 min	FF vs 3-way merges, conflict resolution, branching strategies
3	Module 3: History as a Choice — Interactive Rebasing	90 min	Interactive rebase, squash, fixup, the Golden Rule
4	Module 4: The Safety Net — Undo and Recovery	60 min	reset, reflog, revert — never lose code again
5	Module 5: Multi-Tasking Mastery — Worktrees and Stashing	60 min	Worktrees, stash, parallel branch work
6	Module 6: The Digital Detective — Troubleshooting and Search	90 min	bisect, blame, pickaxe search, history forensics
7	Module 7: Professional Collaboration — Remotes and PRs	75 min	Remotes, PRs, fetch vs pull, atomic commits
8	Module 8: Efficiency at Scale — Sparse Checkout and LFS	90 min	Sparse checkout, LFS, shallow clones, monorepos
9	Module 9: Automation and Customization — Hooks and Rerere	75 min	Hooks, rerere, aliases, team config
10	Module 10: Bridge to GitOps — The Infrastructure Source	60 min	Git as source of truth, directory patterns, ArgoCD/Flux

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Prerequisites

• Zero to Terminal — especially Module 0.6 (Git Basics)
• Basic comfort with the command line (cd, ls, cat, nano)

After This Course

You’re ready for:

• Philosophy & Design — declarative thinking pairs with git workflows
• Modern DevOps — CI/CD and GitOps build directly on this course
• CKA Certification — git skills used throughout exam prep