Git in command line or from Qt Creator¶

At the very end of the material, you can find two chapters for self-study:

• Self study: Using Git in command line
• Option: Using Git from Qt Creator

These chapters contain self-study material, and they will be open during the whole term (including the assignments in the first-mentioned self-study chapter). In other words, you can study the material of the chapter whenever it suits best in your timetable. You can, for example, first concentrate on learning C++ programming and use Git from Qt Creator, and return later to study command line and using Git from there.

The self-study material concentrates on practicing Linux command line. This course does not require you to use command line, but if you continue studying programming or other information technology, it is best to start working with command line during this course. It is an important working environment for professionals, and it provides an easier way to implement things than other systems meant for laypersons. Note that the next programming course expects that you can use command line.

If your aim is not to continue programming after this course, you can skip the material on command line. If you do not like using Git in command line, you can, instead read the material of the latter option. This material is not needed to be read all at once, but you can move to each section whenever it is referenced from other parts of the course material. (By default we will use command line on this course, but when e.g. in the context of version control, command line is considered, we will provide another alternative, using version control from Qt Creator, and refer to the option material related to that topic.)