# Taking our Git Skills one step further

Here you'll ascend to the next level of mastery with Git and GitHub and come across topics such as Git Checkout, Stashes and Rebase and learn how to deal with new situations and conflicts that may arise.

#### TECHNOLOGIES

Git and GitHub

#### WATCH TIME

37 minutes

## Lessons

#### Creating Branches locally with Git Checkout

Learn the uses of Git checkout, a tool that works hand-in-hand with git branch.

7 min

#### Initializing Git in a local repository

Learn how to use git init and set up a new repository that is created locally.

5 min

#### Squashing commits with Git Rebase

Learn how to take a series of commits and squash them down into a single commit with the GitHub interactive rebasing tool.

6 min

#### Learning how to locally merge branches

Learn how to merge separate GitHub branches, another essential skill for collaboration and reproducible code.

6 min

#### Stashing commits with Git Stash

Start learning how to clean and organize your GitHub with the git stash command which takes your uncommitted changes and saves them away for later use.

7 min

#### Dealing with Merge Conflicts

While Git can automatically handle most issues when merging two separate branches, learn how to tackle some conflicts directly using the CLI or other methods.

8 min

### Hey! I’m Avi, and I’ll teach you how to build!

I'm Avi, your new Python instructor and founder of The Codex.

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