[asdf-devel] [OT] Git resources

[Daniel Herring]

Here are a few links that might be helpful to people learning git.  Its 
culturally different than CVS; but once you learn it, there's no turning 
back.  The ability to experiment with local branches, back up, rewrite 
history, and only publish the sanitized history is quite liberating.

http://tomayko.com/writings/the-thing-about-git
http://progit.org/book/
http://git-scm.com/documentation
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gittutorial.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html

My suggestions
- always have `gitk --all` loaded for the repo you're working on
- update (not reload) gitk after modifying any branches or tags; this
   leaves the old objects displayed
- `git reset --hard $OLDSHA1` can clean many messes, letting you try
   again.
- reload gitk to hide deleted branches you're comfortable with losing
- learn by playing around with local clones of a larger repository
- install some of the git contribs, especially git-completion.bash and
   git-new-workdir

Later,
Daniel