To get the most out of this book

To follow and recreate the recipes from this book, you will need a computer preferably running a *nix operating system. You will need Git installed, preferably Git Version 2.x or later.

If you are a Windows user, we recommend the Git Extensions package, which ships both
a graphical and textual (Bash) Git interface. The latter is required for the recipes in this book.

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/GitVersionControlCookbookSecondEdition_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The most recent commit is the 3061dc6 Adds Java version of 'hello world' commit."

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ git checkout master && git reset --hard b14a939  

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Select System info from the Administration panel."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.