Getting up speed with Git

Git everywhere
Web casts
- GitCasts
- Git explained by example.
Other tutorials
- Official documentation
- The official documentation at the Git web site.
- Git community book
- Clear tutorial without much fluff.
- Pro Git
- Git from A-Z in online book form.
- Git ready
- An alternative online book convering various specific subjects.
- The GitHub Guides
- Guides on a variety of Git and GitHub related topics.
- Pragmatic Version Control Using Git
- A thorough description of Git, with every bit explained.
- A Visual Git Reference
- A visual reference how most git commands work. Once you know a bit about how git works, this site may solidify your understanding.
- Git from the bottom up
- Explaining Git by starting from the basic storage concepts.
Background
- Linus: rules for rebase
- The rationale for rebase, and why to rebase private commits only.
- Linux: Documenting How Patches Reach The Kernel
- The purpose of the --signoff option in git.
- A successful Git branching model
- A neat way to keep your repository better organized, and allow quick releases.
Presentations
- Git: The Lean, Mean, Distributed Machine - Chris Wanstrath
- A neat introduction to the Git way of life.
- Advanced Git Tutorial - by Sarah Sharp
- A quick overview of basic Git commands, followed by advanced topics.
- Smacking Git Around - Scott Chacon
- Advanced Git Tricks: Revision selection, rewriting history, patch staging, blame, bisect, custom merge tools
- Getting Git - Scott Chacon
- Really advanced stuff; storage internals. Followed by a nice overview of branches, workflows, rebasing, referencing commits and 19 common commands.
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