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Branching and merging

Learn to manage code with version control. Discover Git techniques for organizing, tracking changes, and collaborating. Ideal for all developers.

In this video Amy shows you shows how branching and merging works in Git.

The video demonstrates Git branching, merging, and switching, emphasising their utility in collaborative and experimental coding. Amy creates a ‘laptop’ branch, adds a file, and pushes changes. She then discusses Git’s conflict resolution during merging and illustrates file changes when switching branches. Amy concludes by advocating for Git branching due to its benefits in preventing accidental code modifications and facilitating safe experimentation.

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