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Git: Mastering Version Control

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Published in Oct 2016
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ISBN-13 9781787123205
Length 861 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ferdinando Santacroce Ferdinando Santacroce
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Aske Olsson Aske Olsson
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Jakub Narębski Jakub Narębski
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Table of Contents (36) Chapters Close

Git: Mastering Version Control
Credits
Preface
1. Getting Started with Git FREE CHAPTER 2. Git Fundamentals – Working Locally 3. Git Fundamentals – Working Remotely 4. Git Fundamentals – Niche Concepts, Configurations, and Commands 5. Obtaining the Most – Good Commits and Workflows 6. Migrating to Git 7. Git Resources 8. Navigating Git 9. Configuration 10. Branching, Merging, and Options 11. Rebase Regularly and Interactively, and Other Use Cases 12. Storing Additional Information in Your Repository 13. Extracting Data from the Repository 14. Enhancing Your Daily Work with Git Hooks, Aliases, and Scripts 15. Recovering from Mistakes 16. Repository Maintenance 17. Patching and Offline Sharing 18. Git Plumbing and Attributes 19. Tips and Tricks 20. Git Basics in Practice 21. Exploring Project History 22. Developing with Git 23. Managing Your Worktree 24. Collaborative Development with Git 25. Advanced Branching Techniques 26. Merging Changes Together 27. Keeping History Clean 28. Managing Subprojects – Building a Living Framework 29. Customizing and Extending Git 30. Git Administration 31. Git Best Practices Bibliography
Index

Chapter 1. Getting Started with Git

Whether you are a professional or an amateur developer, you've likely heard about the concept of version control. You may know that adding a new feature, fixing broken ones, or stepping back to a previous condition is a daily routine.

This implies the use of a powerful tool that can help you take care of your work, allowing you to move around your project quickly and without friction.

There are many tools for this job on the market, both proprietary and open source. Usually, you will find Version Control Systems (VCS) and Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS). Some examples of centralized tools are Concurrent Version System (CVS), Subversion (SVN), Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Perforce, while in DVCS, you can find Bazaar, Mercurial, and Git. The main difference between the two families is the constraint—in the centralized system—to have a remote server where get and put your files; if the network is down, you are in trouble. In DVCS instead, you can have or not a remote server (even more than one), but you can work offline, too. All your modifications are locally recorded so that you can sync them some other time. Today, Git is the DVCS that has gained public favor more than others, growing quickly from a niche tool to mainstream.

Git has rapidly grown as the de facto to version source code. It is the second famous child of Linus Torvalds, who, after creating the Linux kernel, forged this versioning software to keep trace of his millions lines of code.

In this first chapter, we will start at the very beginning, assuming that you do not have Git on your machine. This book is intended for developers who never used Git or used it a little bit, but who are scared to throw themselves headlong into it.

If you have never installed Git, this is your chapter. If you already have a working Git box, you can quickly read through it to check whether everything is right.

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