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Git for Programmers

You're reading from Git for Programmers Master Git for effective implementation of version control for your programming projects

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801075732

Length 264 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Git

Concepts

Version Control

Author (1):

Jesse Liberty

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Creating Your Repository FREE CHAPTER

3. Branching, Places, and GUIs

4. Merging, Pull Requests, and Handling Merge Conflicts

5. Rebasing, Amend, and Cherry-Picking

6. Interactive Rebasing

7. Workflow, Notes, and Tags

8. Aliases

9. Using the Log

10. Important Git Commands and Metadata

11. Finding a Broken Commit: Bisect and Blame

12. Fixing Mistakes

13. Next Steps

14. Other Books You May Enjoy

15. Index

Configuring Git – GitHub Desktop

To configure GitHub Desktop, you'll need an account on GitHub. We'll cover that in the next chapter. Once you do have an account, go to File | Options, select the Accounts tab, and then click on Sign in:

Figure 1.9: Setting up GitHub Desktop

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Authors (1)

Jesse Liberty

Jesse Liberty

Jesse Liberty is a full-time hands-on programmer, specializing in C#, git, and .NET MAUI. He hosts the popular Yet Another Podcast and is the author of more than a dozen best-selling programming books. Liberty is a Certified Xamarin Developer, a Xamarin MVP and a Microsoft MVP. He was a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T; Software Architect for PBS and Vice President of Information Technology at Citibank, and he was on the teaching staff at Brandeis University. Jesse is a recognized expert and has spoken at conferences world-wide.

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