git resources¶
Tutorials and summaries¶
`github help`_ has an excellent series of how-to guides.
`learn.github`_ has an excellent series of tutorials
The `pro git book`_ is a good in-depth book on git.
A `git cheat sheet`_ is a page giving summaries of common commands.
The `git tutorial`_
`git ready`_ |emdash| a nice series of tutorials
`git casts`_ |emdash| video snippets giving git how-tos.
`git magic`_ |emdash| extended introduction with intermediate detail
The `git parable`_ is an easy read explaining the concepts behind git.
`git foundation`_ expands on the `git parable`_.
Fernando Perez’ git page |emdash| `Fernando's git page`_ |emdash| many links and tips
A good but technical page on `git concepts`_
`git svn crash course`_: git for those of us used to subversion_
Use gitk to understand git has a good description of merging.
Advanced git workflow¶
There are many ways of working with git; here are some posts on the rules of thumb that other projects have come up with:
Linus Torvalds on `git management`_
Linus Torvalds on `linux git workflow`_ . Summary; use the git tools to make the history of your edits as clean as possible; merge from upstream edits as little as possible in branches where you are doing active development.
Manual pages online¶
You can get these on your own machine with (e.g) git help push
or
(same thing) git push --help
, but, for convenience, here are the
online manual pages for some common commands: