Preface

Git is the clear leader in the new paradigm of distributed version control systems. Originally developed by Linus Torvalds as a source control management (SCM) system for the Linux kernel to replace the proprietary SCM BitKeeper, Git has since conquered most of the open source world and is also used by lots of organizations for their private/proprietary projects.

This book is designed to give you practical recipes for everyday Git usage. The recipes can be used directly or as an inspiration for you. The book will cover the Git data model through practical recipes and in-depth explanations so you get a deeper understanding of the internal workings of Git. This book will show you the following topics:

• Working with the history. With Git, you have all the history stored locally. Use it to search through the history, view the history, find the last commit touching a particular line, and so on.
• Using branches effectively with options and strategies to push, pull, and merge.
• Storing and extracting additional metadata in the Git repository.
• Disaster recovery: local and global.

Git Version Control Cookbook gives you precise step-by-step instructions to various common and uncommon Git operations. The book can help ease your daily work with Git by providing recipes for common issues, useful tips and tricks, and in-depth clarifications of why and how they work.