From 9d7d2c459d6beb314b2a1da88c4cdd6eece7f90f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew M Farrell Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:17:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] More people --- doc/__38__git_.mdwn | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/__38__git_.mdwn diff --git a/doc/__38__git_.mdwn b/doc/__38__git_.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..45e4d50 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/__38__git_.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +Git is a Version Control System + +Have you struggled with combining changes across a team of writers e-mailing edited documents back and forth? Or created dozens of "old", "old2". Yea, then git will make your life better. + +If you are course 6, You probably want to read +[Git for Computer Scientists](http://eagain.net/articles/git-for-computer-scientists/) which will teach you the abstract object model. Nelhage also gives a cluedump in the fall about the object model and you might want to read [his slides](http://web.mit.edu/nelhage/Public/git-slides-2009.pdf) + +But this will not really teach you the commands you need to know for everyday use. + +You should walk through [The git tutorial](http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gittutorial.html) for this. + +But the real way to learn git is to use it for a project. + + +At the very least you can just `git init` in the directory of any project you start, `git add` new and changed files, and `git commit -m "some description of your changes"`. And pick up collaboration, branching, history editing, and cherry picking when you need them. + +There is also the route taken by ezyang and gdb: coming up with some crazy project to do something _using_ git as a tool. + +Dump of other resources about git: +---------------------------------- + +- [http://sipb.mit.edu/iap/git/](http://sipb.mit.edu/iap/git/) +- [http://progit.org/book/](http://progit.org/book/) +- [http://git.or.cz/man/everyday](http://git.or.cz/man/everyday) +- [http://www.git-scm.com/](http://www.git-scm.com/) +- [What is this thing called source control?](http://www.slideshare.net/secret/wBsLzZb3O7cXCU) -- 2.44.0