Engineering Bootcamp 2026 | Session002 | Git, GitHub & Collaborative Development

In this session, we introduce the fundamental concepts of version control and collaborative development that every software engineer needs to understand when working on software projects with others. We explore how Git tracks changes in code, how GitHub enables collaboration, and how developers manage code history, work with branches, resolve merge conflicts, and contribute to shared repositories. Topics Covered Version control and why it matters Repositories, commits, branches, and remotes Working trees, staging, and commit history Merge conflicts, rebasing, and merging Pull requests, code review, and commit conventions `.gitignore`, repository hygiene, and secrets management Open-source contribution workflows