This was a presentation I gave to some of the design team at Skyscanner. I will follow up with a more fleshed out version with notes (as you cannot see the animations and additional notes here, yet).

1. GIT for designers

2. What is GIT?
Essentially, GIT is a Version Control System (VCS)
It remembers different Versions of your files based on your
Commits

3. Think of it like...
Commit >
Commit >
Commit >
Commit message

4. “Local” vs “Remote”
Local = your laptop Remote = Server (somewhere)
https://500px.com/photo/30594363/design-by-zach-aysan

5. “Clone” or “Initialise”?

6. Tools
Remote Code Management - GIT, Pull Requests, Comments,
Integrations etc
GUIs to manage your local code & connect with remote

7. SSH
Secure Shell
Set up a connection between account and device
Saves time (no more login credentials)*
*Some tools may set master passwords per session

8. The Master

9. file.html
New file created (not
tracking changes)
Added file.html to Git ( we
are now tracking changes)
up-to-
date
change
made
up-to-
date
“Initial commit” “Added X”
changes made
Local (Laptop)
.git
Committing

10. Android Studio
changed
no change
added - not committed
new - not added

11. Commit messages
Commit message:
Did stuff!
Commit message:
- Fixed logo issue for HA-1234
- Corrected alignment in results list
Good!Bad!

12. Pushing
Local (Laptop)
Remote (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket)
file.html
.git

13. “Pulling”
Remote (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket)
Local (Laptop)
Pushes from other users

14. Conflicts (& how to resolve them)
Remote (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket)
Local (Laptop)
Pushes from other users
Line 21: file.txt
Line 21: file.txt

15. Branches

16. JIRA integration

17. Useful links
Git Simple Guide: http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
SSH Setup: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys/
Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/
Github: http://github.com/
Gitlab: https://about.gitlab.com/
Atlassian guide: https://www.atlassian.com/git/