Jessica Kerr Git Happens

Let s face it: DVCS is here to stay. But what s the point There s a million tutorials on the internet that tell you what to type in Git, but not why Go one level deeper: A few straightforward concepts and some pictures, and git will magically make sense. Learn how to use DVCS to tell the story of your project. You ll get the point of all those extra steps in committing and updating; erase some Subversionrelated preconceptions; and grasp the purpose of fastforward merge, cherrypick, and rebase. I promise: absolutely no demos.