01Concepts · 45 min
What Git Actually Is (and Isn't)
Version control in plain terms, why "final_v2_USE_THIS.docx" is the problem git solves, and a first look at this site's own commit history.
1Sessions
Part 1
What git is
Version control in plain terms, and the real path from a commit on this laptop to the page you are reading.
02Concepts · 45 min
GitHub, and How This Site Actually Gets Published
Repos, remotes, and the real path from a commit on this laptop to the page Entra lets you into: GitHub to Cloudflare Pages to the sign-in screen.
Part 2
The daily work
The loop you run every day, branches that keep your work apart, and bringing it back together.
03Daily habit · 45 min
The Daily Loop
Status, add, commit, push, pull, and writing a commit message somebody else can use six months from now.
04Daily habit · 45 min
Branches: Working Without Breaking Things
A line of work that doesn't touch anyone else's, why main stays safe to publish, and today's near-miss between two people editing the same file.
05Daily habit · 45 min
Merging, Pulling, and Conflicts
Bringing two lines of work back together, and reading a merge conflict as a Tuesday problem, not an emergency.
Part 3
Working safely
Testing without touching what staff see, keeping secrets out of the repo, and where a repo should live.
06Safety · 45 min
Git for Testing vs. Production
Mapping a branch to your own private copy of the site and main to what staff actually see, so a broken test never reaches anyone.
07Safety · 45 min
Keeping the Repo Safe
Why a repo has to stay private even behind Entra, what never belongs in a commit, and what to do the moment a secret leaks anyway.
08Safety · 45 min
Why Git and OneDrive Don't Mix
Two systems that both think they own the one true copy, what that fight looks like, and where a repo should actually live on disk.