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Git

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2nd Edition (2014)

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The entire Pro Git book, written by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub and published by Apress, is available here. All content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 license. Print versions of the book are available on Amazon.com.

  1. 1. Getting Started

    1. 1.1 About Version Control
    2. 1.2 A Short History of Git
    3. 1.3 What is Git?
    4. 1.4 The Command Line
    5. 1.5 Installing Git
    6. 1.6 First-Time Git Setup
    7. 1.7 Getting Help
    8. 1.8 Summary

  2. 2. Git Basics

    1. 2.1 Getting a Git Repository
    2. 2.2 Recording Changes to the Repository
    3. 2.3 Viewing the Commit History
    4. 2.4 Undoing Things
    5. 2.5 Working with Remotes
    6. 2.6 Tagging
    7. 2.7 Git Aliases
    8. 2.8 Summary

  3. 3. Git Branching

    1. 3.1 Branches in a Nutshell
    2. 3.2 Basic Branching and Merging
    3. 3.3 Branch Management
    4. 3.4 Branching Workflows
    5. 3.5 Remote Branches
    6. 3.6 Rebasing
    7. 3.7 Summary

  4. 4. Git on the Server

    1. 4.1 The Protocols
    2. 4.2 Getting Git on a Server
    3. 4.3 Generating Your SSH Public Key
    4. 4.4 Setting Up the Server
    5. 4.5 Git Daemon
    6. 4.6 Smart HTTP
    7. 4.7 GitWeb
    8. 4.8 GitLab
    9. 4.9 Third Party Hosted Options
    10. 4.10 Summary

  5. 5. Distributed Git

    1. 5.1 Distributed Workflows
    2. 5.2 Contributing to a Project
    3. 5.3 Maintaining a Project
    4. 5.4 Summary

  6. 6. GitHub

    1. 6.1 Account Setup and Configuration
    2. 6.2 Contributing to a Project
    3. 6.3 Maintaining a Project
    4. 6.4 Managing an organization
    5. 6.5 Scripting GitHub
    6. 6.6 Summary

  7. 7. Git Tools

    1. 7.1 Revision Selection
    2. 7.2 Interactive Staging
    3. 7.3 Stashing and Cleaning
    4. 7.4 Signing Your Work
    5. 7.5 Searching
    6. 7.6 Rewriting History
    7. 7.7 Reset Demystified
    8. 7.8 Advanced Merging
    9. 7.9 Rerere
    10. 7.10 Debugging with Git
    11. 7.11 Submodules
    12. 7.12 Bundling
    13. 7.13 Replace
    14. 7.14 Credential Storage
    15. 7.15 Summary

  8. 8. Customizing Git

    1. 8.1 Git Configuration
    2. 8.2 Git Attributes
    3. 8.3 Git Hooks
    4. 8.4 An Example Git-Enforced Policy
    5. 8.5 Summary

  9. 9. Git and Other Systems

    1. 9.1 Git as a Client
    2. 9.2 Migrating to Git
    3. 9.3 Summary

  10. 10. Git Internals

    1. 10.1 Plumbing and Porcelain
    2. 10.2 Git Objects
    3. 10.3 Git References
    4. 10.4 Packfiles
    5. 10.5 The Refspec
    6. 10.6 Transfer Protocols
    7. 10.7 Maintenance and Data Recovery
    8. 10.8 Environment Variables
    9. 10.9 Summary

  11. A1. Appendix A: Git in Other Environments

    1. A1.1 Graphical Interfaces
    2. A1.2 Git in Visual Studio
    3. A1.3 Git in Visual Studio Code
    4. A1.4 Git in IntelliJ / PyCharm / WebStorm / PhpStorm / RubyMine
    5. A1.5 Git in Sublime Text
    6. A1.6 Git in Bash
    7. A1.7 Git in Zsh
    8. A1.8 Git in PowerShell
    9. A1.9 Summary

  12. A2. Appendix B: Embedding Git in your Applications

    1. A2.1 Command-line Git
    2. A2.2 Libgit2
    3. A2.3 JGit
    4. A2.4 go-git
    5. A2.5 Dulwich

  13. A3. Appendix C: Git Commands

    1. A3.1 Setup and Config
    2. A3.2 Getting and Creating Projects
    3. A3.3 Basic Snapshotting
    4. A3.4 Branching and Merging
    5. A3.5 Sharing and Updating Projects
    6. A3.6 Inspection and Comparison
    7. A3.7 Debugging
    8. A3.8 Patching
    9. A3.9 Email
    10. A3.10 External Systems
    11. A3.11 Administration
    12. A3.12 Plumbing Commands
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