Pro Git
Pro Git is your fully-updated guide to Git and its usage in the modern world. Git has come a long way since it was first developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. It has taken the open source world by storm since its inception in 2005, and this book teaches you how to use it like a pro. Effective and well-implemented version control is a necessity for successful web projects, whether large or small. With this book you’ll learn how to master the world of distributed version workflow, use the distributed features of Git to the full, and extend Git to meet your every need.
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- I was uncomfortable with git until I read (the first 3 chapters of) the pro git book ( free here : https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 ). It provides a great mental model of how git works under the hood. The UI of git - for better or worse - directly reflects its internals. And when I understood them, everything clicked into place.
- Have you ever read any of the introductory material that the git project itself maintains for teaching how to use the tool?
- https://git-scm.com/docs/gittutorial
- https://git-scm.com/docs/giteveryday
- https://git-scm.com/docs/gitworkflows
- https://git-scm.com/docs/gitfaq
- https://git-scm.com/cheat-sheet
Or if you want to sit down and really learn the nuts and bolts
- The relevant XKCD comic https://xkcd.com/1597/
FWIW I too was once a "memorised a few commands and that was it" type of dev, then I read 3 chapters of the Git book https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 (well really two, the first chapter was a "these are things you already know") and wow did my life with git change.
- Is HEAD not just a ref to a commit? There's basically only two "things" in git, refs and objects. Git internals are so easy that IMO people should start off by running through this tutorial [0] instead of learning the basics of git porcelain, it makes understanding what's going on so much easier.
[0]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-Objects
- It doesn't take much power or time to run your own local git server. My first one which lasted years was parts I mangled together from old computers from garage sales.
There's instructions on running a Git server in the git book: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-The-Protoco...
- The topic reminds me at least these two documents, which shows in more detail how simple but well-thought data model can create great results.
https://www.notion.com/blog/data-model-behind-notion
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-Objects
Having worked with real business databases, I truly believe and feel that foundational information modeling (database schema, data types) makes or breaks the utility and capabilities of that data.
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