MODULE 04 · 3 LESSONS
Use version control as a safety system for individual and team delivery.
Project checkpoint: Move the tracker through a feature branch, review and release tag.
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Module 4 learning loop
- 1Working Tree
- 2Index
- 3Commit Graph
- 4HEAD
What this module changes in your work
- Understand snapshots, the staging area and branch pointers before memorizing commands.
- Resolve competing changes and recover without destructive history edits.
- Use working tree, index, commit graph in one coherent implementation.
- Complete this evidence-backed checkpoint: Move the tracker through a feature branch, review and release tag.
Lessons
Commits, Branches and the Git Mental Model
Understand snapshots, the staging area and branch pointers before memorizing commands.
GitHub Pull Requests and Review
Open a reviewable change with context, evidence and a clean history.
Merge Conflicts and Safe Recovery
Resolve competing changes and recover without destructive history edits.
PROJECT CHECKPOINT
Turn git and github into evidence
Move the tracker through a feature branch, review and release tag.
- Write acceptance criteria for working tree before implementation.
- Keep the change small enough that a reviewer can connect it to the intended behavior.
- Use the most direct check available for index and save the result.
- Record one decision you would keep and one you would revisit after feedback.
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