Git Pocket Guide: A Working Introduction

Richard E. Silverman
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This pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job companion to Git, the distributed version control system. It provides a compact, readable introduction to Git for new users, as well as a reference to common commands and procedures for those of you with Git experience.

Written for Git version 1.8.2, this handy task-oriented guide is organized around the basic version control functions you need, such as making commits, fixing mistakes, merging, and searching history.

  • Examine the state of your project at earlier points in time
  • Learn the basics of creating and making changes to a repository
  • Create branches so many people can work on a project simultaneously
  • Merge branches and reconcile the changes among them
  • Clone an existing repository and share changes with push/pull commands
  • Examine and change your repository's commit history
  • Access remote repositories, using different network protocols
  • Get recipes for accomplishing a variety of common tasks


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 08/06/2013
ISBN: 9781449325862
Pages: 215
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.13h x 4.36w x 0.49d