git resources

Tutorials and summaries

• `github help`_ has an excellent series of how-to guides.
• `learn.github`_ has an excellent series of tutorials
• The `pro git book`_ is a good in-depth book on git.
• A `git cheat sheet`_ is a page giving summaries of common commands.
• The `git user manual`_
• The `git tutorial`_
• The `git community book`_
• `git ready`_ |emdash| a nice series of tutorials
• `git casts`_ |emdash| video snippets giving git how-tos.
• `git magic`_ |emdash| extended introduction with intermediate detail
• The `git parable`_ is an easy read explaining the concepts behind git.
• `git foundation`_ expands on the `git parable`_.
• Fernando Perez’ git page |emdash| `Fernando’s git page`_ |emdash| many links and tips
• A good but technical page on `git concepts`_
• `git svn crash course`_: git for those of us used to subversion_
• Use gitk to understand git has a good description of merging.
• Many more documentation links

Advanced git workflow

There are many ways of working with git; here are some posts on the rules of thumb that other projects have come up with:

• Linus Torvalds on `git management`_
• Linus Torvalds on `linux git workflow`_ . Summary; use the git tools to make the history of your edits as clean as possible; merge from upstream edits as little as possible in branches where you are doing active development.

Manual pages online

You can get these on your own machine with (e.g) git help push or (same thing) git push --help, but, for convenience, here are the online manual pages for some common commands:

• `git add`_
• `git branch`_
• `git checkout`_
• `git clone`_
• `git commit`_
• `git config`_
• `git diff`_
• `git log`_
• `git pull`_
• `git push`_
• `git remote`_
• `git status`_

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