Git in Practice

Summary

Git in Practice is a collection of 66 tested techniques that will optimize the way you and your team manage your development projects. The book begins with a brief reminder of the core version control concepts you need when using Git and moves on to the high-value features you may not have explored yet. Then, you'll dig into cookbook-style techniques like history visualization, advanced branching and rewriting history each presented in a problem-solution-discussion format. Finally you'll work out how to use Git to its full potential through configuration, team workflows, submodules and using GitHub pull requests effectively.

About the Technology

Git is a source control system, but it's a lot more than just that. For teams working in today's agile, continuous delivery environments, Git is a strategic advantage. Built with a decentralized structure that's perfect for a distributed team, Git manages branching, committing, complex merges, and task switching with minimal ceremony so you can concentrate on your code.

About the Book

Git in Practice is a collection of battle-tested techniques designed to optimize the way you and your team manage development projects. After a brief overview of Git's core features, this practical guide moves quickly to high-value topics like history visualization, advanced branching and rewriting, optimized configuration, team workflows, submodules, and how to use GitHub pull requests. Written in an easy-to-follow Problem/Solution/Discussion format with numerous diagrams and examples, it skips the theory and gets right to the nitty-gritty tasks that will transform the way you work.

Written for developers familiar with version control and ready for the good stuff in Git.

What's Inside

• Team interaction strategies and techniques
• Replacing bad habits with good practices
• Juggling complex configurations
• Rewriting history and disaster recovery

About the Author

Mike McQuaid is a software engineer at GitHub. He's contributed to Qt and the Linux kernel, and he maintains the Git-based Homebrew project.

Table of Contents
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO GIT• Local Git
• Remote Git
PART 2 GIT ESSENTIALS• Filesystem interactions
• History visualization
• Advanced branching
• Rewriting history and disaster recovery
PART 3 ADVANCED GIT• Personalizing Git
• Vendoring dependencies as submodules
• Working with Subversion
• GitHub pull requests
• Hosting a repository
PART 4 GIT BEST PRACTICES• Creating a clean history
• Merging vs. rebasing
• Recommended team workflows