I agree with this first paragraph. But disagree with the second. Depends on what kind of learning style you have but I don't think a book is the best format for

I agree with this first paragraph. But disagree with the second. Depends on what kind of learning style you have but I don't think a book is the best format for learning git (or most programming concepts for that matter). You probably already understand most concepts of git already anyway, but the devil is in the details and it sounds like that's where you're getting stuck. If you're a book person for technical things, though, then go for it. I'd suggest that anytime you go into a situation where you're not sure if you'll mess something up, just make a full copy of your project on your local file system. Then try stuff out on the copy. Then you can try branching and such without the fear of messing anything up. Once you get it, you can repeat the process over and over to make sure you know it. You have to be able to fail without fear of wasting days of your time.