Git for new learners

Git - My Learning Journey I recently started learning Git, and my goal is to master it in just three days! To help myself understand it better, I'll document everything new I learn in this post as a personal reminder. Day 2 - Understanding git merge Today, I learned about merging branches in Git. Merging allows changes from one branch to be applied to another. There are two types of merges: 1- Fast Forward Merge - This happens when the target branch hasn’t changed since the feature branch was created. Git simply moves the pointer forward to include the new changes. 2- Non Fast Forward (Three Way Merge) - If both branches have changes, Git creates a new commit that combines them. More to come as I continue learning!

Mar 6, 2025 - 02:42

Git - My Learning Journey

I recently started learning Git, and my goal is to master it in just three days! To help myself understand it better, I'll document everything new I learn in this post as a personal reminder.

Day 2 - Understanding git merge
Today, I learned about merging branches in Git. Merging allows changes from one branch to be applied to another. There are two types of merges:

1- Fast Forward Merge - This happens when the target branch hasn’t changed since the feature branch was created. Git simply moves the pointer forward to include the new changes.

2- Non Fast Forward (Three Way Merge) - If both branches have changes, Git creates a new commit that combines them.

More to come as I continue learning!