You're reading from Mastering Git Attain expert-level proficiency with Git by mastering distributed version control features

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835086070

Length 444 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Git

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Jakub Narębski

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 - Exploring Project History and Managing Your Own Work

2. Chapter 1: Git Basics in Practice FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Developing with Git

4. Chapter 3: Managing Your Worktrees

5. Chapter 4: Exploring Project History

6. Chapter 5: Searching Through the Repository

7. Part 2 - Working with Other Developers

8. Chapter 6: Collaborative Development with Git

9. Chapter 7: Publishing Your Changes

10. Chapter 8: Advanced Branching Techniques

11. Chapter 9: Merging Changes Together

12. Chapter 10: Keeping History Clean

13. Part 3 - Managing, Configuring, and Extending Git

14. Chapter 11: Managing Subprojects

15. Chapter 12: Managing Large Repositories

16. Chapter 13: Customizing and Extending Git

17. Chapter 14: Git Administration

18. Chapter 15: Git Best Practices

19. Index

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