Git for Victims of Subversion Training Course

This instructor-led live training in Portugal (online or on-site) targets intermediate to advanced professionals seeking to apply GitLab for advanced CI/CD workflows, project structuring, and collaborative development using the Free edition of GitLab.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Implement advanced GitLab CI/CD pipelines with custom runners and reusable templates.
• Organize projects effectively using groups and namespaces.
• Collaborate on code, issues, and documentation with Markdown and GitLab tools.
• Apply GitLab Pages, release workflows, and secure configurations in real-world projects.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is aimed at software engineers and anyone who wishes to learn how to use Gerrit as a Git repository and perform code reviews.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand how Gerrit works and how to manage the Gerrit web interface.
• Learn good practices for using Gerrit in handling code review workflows.
• Administer and configure a Gerrit project.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level developers and DevOps engineers who wish to acquire practical expertise in Git and Azure DevOps. The focus lies on branch management, merge strategies, conflict resolution, and the effective utilization of graphical clients.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand fundamental Git concepts and workflows.
• Effectively manage branches and merges in collaborative environments.
• Resolve conflicts using best practices in real-life scenarios.
• Utilize graphical clients (SourceTree and GitKraken) for Git management.
• Perform practical Git operations both from the console and graphical interfaces.
• Work with Git in Azure DevOps for repository integration and version control.

Our comprehensive Git training provides developers with practical expertise in distributed version control systems. The course covers everything from configuring local repositories and implementing branching strategies to deploying servers and managing collaborative workflows within teams. Participants will gain actionable insights into customizing and utilizing Git utility tools, enabling effective source code management across complex development teams and continuous integration environments.

Gitea is a lightweight, open-source, self-hosted Git service that offers repository management, code review, issue tracking, and CI/CD integration. It is increasingly popular as an alternative to GitHub and GitLab.com for teams needing full control over their source code without third-party terms of service or export restrictions.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is designed for developers and software engineers who are new to the GitHub platform and wish to utilise its features alongside Git to enhance versioning and management of enterprise application source code.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up and configure an account to access GitHub's web-based platform.
• Understand how Git's system operates and grasp the core concepts underpinning GitHub.
• Create and manage GitHub repositories while implementing Git workflows.
• Execute source code changes within GitHub and synchronise revisions made outside the platform.
• Operate fundamental GitHub components such as Pull Requests, Tags, and Releases.
• Perform version control functionalities based on Git and utilise GitHub's bash environment.
• Create repository branches to resolve project defects collaboratively with the team.
• Gain familiarity with the structure of Git and GitHub to improve programming practices.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level developers and DevOps professionals seeking to enhance the security, governance, and automation of their GitHub environments, with a particular focus on enterprise contexts.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be equipped to:

• Configure and manage GitHub security settings and repository access.
• Implement security best practices using GitHub tools such as Dependabot and CodeQL.
• Create, reuse, and maintain GitHub Actions and workflows.
• Monitor and audit activity for compliance and governance at scale.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (onsite or remote) is aimed at developers who wish to set up and use Gitlab for version control and continuous integration.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Gitlab.
• Understand how to implement an alternative to Github.
• Use Gitlab to manage a DevOps lifecycle.
• Use Gitlab for Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery.
• Efficiently develop, release and test software using Gitlab.

GitLab Self-Managed offers an on-premises deployment of GitLab's comprehensive DevSecOps platform, encompassing source code management, CI/CD, container registry, security scanning, and monitoring. It stands as the benchmark for organizations seeking the full breadth of GitLab's capabilities without relying on SaaS or allowing data to exit their internal network.

Git for Users provides developers and project managers with essential version control skills using Git to facilitate collaborative development. The course covers fundamental principles of the Git data model, object types, branching strategies, and merging workflows. It explores established methods for managing commit history, analyzing diffs, performing stash operations, creating tags, and implementing distributed development patterns with hosted repositories. This helps software teams manage version histories, resolve merge conflicts, and maintain traceable code throughout collaborative projects.

This instructor-led, live training in Portugal (online or onsite) is designed for DevOps engineers who wish to employ Kubernetes and GitLab to automate the DevOps lifecycle.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Automate application builds, tests, and deployments.
• Create an automated build infrastructure.
• Deploy an application to a containerized cloud environment.

This course is designed for project managers, release managers, product managers, product owners, Scrum Masters, software architects, and anyone responsible for planning software releases and deployments.

It demonstrates how to move changes from requirements, through development and testing, into the production environment using a distributed version control system (specifically GIT, though those using other distributed SCMs can also benefit).

This course targets advanced Subversion users, such as release managers, project leads, or anyone seeking to streamline their SVN repository for production workflows. It is particularly suitable for professionals heavily involved in branch management, automated build and compilation processes, testing, deployment, and system updates.

Participants will benefit from enhanced collaboration with their development and deployment teams, which is especially advantageous for large organisations or those with geographically distributed offices.

The curriculum includes numerous exercises conducted on CentOS 5 virtual machines.

Woodpecker CI is a straightforward yet robust continuous integration engine tailored for self-hosted Git forges such as Gitea and Forgejo. It delivers a lean, Docker-native CI/CD experience, free from the complexity and licensing costs associated with enterprise CI platforms.