[asdf-devel] [OT] Git resources

[Gary King]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for these links.

(Tapping my heels three times). I will get them into the website, I  
will get them into the website, I will get them into the website <smile>

very soon, really.



On Aug 30, 2009, at 11:35 PM, Daniel Herring wrote:

> 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
>
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