Git Basics

Build a GitHub repo from nothing — keys, signed commits, PR-only main, hooks and CI — by directing Claude Code and judging what it did.

10 lessons 3 phases intermediate

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why this workshop

who it's for.

Anyone who has copy-pasted git commands and wants to understand them — and wants Claude Code to do the typing from now on, safely.

what you'll build

what you walk away with.

01 A GitHub account, an SSH key that both authenticates and signs, and a git identity — detected if you already have them.
02 A private repository in your own account whose first commit shows the Verified badge.
03 A commit history that reads like a story: small commits, real messages, one amended before it was pushed.
04 A protected `main` that rejects direct pushes and accepts only squash-merged pull requests.
05 A `.claude/settings.json` that lets Claude read freely, asks before it writes, and refuses the destructive commands.
06 Two worktrees, two Claude Code sessions, two branches merged — with nothing in your main checkout disturbed.
07 A lefthook pre-commit hook you watched block a broken commit, and the honest way to skip it.
08 A GitHub Actions workflow that turns a pull request red, then green, and the branch rule that makes green mandatory.
09 The judgment to pick `revert`, `reset`, or `reflog` from one question: has it been pushed?

curriculum

10 lessons across 3 phases.

phase A · Identity, keys, and a repo of your own 3 lessons

01 Who are you to git
02 Keys and signatures
03 Your first repo

phase B · The daily loop, with Claude at the keyboard 4 lessons

04 Commits that tell a story
05 Branches and pull requests
06 What Claude may touch
07 Parallel work without stepping on yourself

phase C · Guardrails and recovery 3 lessons

08 Pre-commit hooks
09 CI that guards main
10 Recovering and undoing

prerequisites

what you need before you start.

A terminal and Claude Code: You can open a terminal, start Claude Code in a folder, and read what comes back.
git and gh installed: `git --version` and `gh --version` both print something. No configuration needed — the first two lessons do that, and skip what you already have.
A browser: Creating a GitHub account and signing `gh` in happen in a browser tab. Everything else stays in Claude Code.
No API key: The workshop makes no API calls of its own. The only cost is your own Claude Code session.

start

how to start.

Once Claude Code is set up, tell it “set up the git basics workshop” and it clones the project and queues the first lesson.

New here? The getting-started guide walks you through installing the lwc CLI and the Claude Code plugin once — everything you need before that line works.