Git Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Whether you’re relatively new to git or you need a refresher, or if you just need a quick, handy reference for common tasks in git, Git Recipes is just the reference book you need.

With recipes to cover any task you can think of, including working with GitHub and git on BitBucket, Git Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach shows you how to work with large repositories, new repositories, forks, clones, conflicts, differences, and it even gives you practical scenarios you may find yourself dealing with while using git.

If you work with Git at all, you need this hands-on, practical reference for all things Git.

What you’ll learn

• How to work with both well-known and local repositories
• How to deal with issues like dangling revisions and disjointed branches
• How to pinpoint who made specific changes
• How to deal with textual and binary conflicts
• How to work with hosted solutions like GitHub and BitBucket
• How to work with git in large groups

Who this book is for

People who need a quick, practical reference for everything related to Git.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Git
Chapter 2: Working with Well-Known Repositories
Chapter 3: Creating Local Repositories with Linear History
Chapter 4: Managing Files
Chapter 5: Branches
Chapter 6: Merging Branches
Chapter 7: Rebasing Branches
Chapter 8: Modifying the History
Chapter 9: Resolving Conflicts
Chapter 10: Remote Repositories and Synchronization
Chapter 11: Hosting git Git Repositories
Chapter 12: Working with Github.com
Chapter 13: More Recipes