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Understanding what git is doing under the hood did more for my ability to use it effectively than it did for most tools. That said, this document in particular
by delecti 5y ago
Understanding what git is doing under the hood did more for my ability to use it effectively than it did for most tools.
That said, this document in particular does not seem to be a very good way to get that understanding, it's a very "IBM documentation" way of presenting git. I wish I remembered what I read, because it's was a much easier read.
- boppo1 5y agoMaybe the git man pages? Iirc the man pages have 2 or 3 'getting started' documents that really made me feel confident. Then I didn't use it for two years and now it's real fuzzy again.
- wmanley 5y agoFor me it was "Git for Computer Scientists": https://eagain.net/articles/git-for-computer-scientists/ https://eagain.net/articles/git-for-computer-scientists/
- pwitvoet 5y agoPerhaps it was Pro Git's chapter 10: Git Internals(1)? I once used it as a guide when writing a basic 'git inspection' tool and definitely found the whole experience useful for getting a better understanding of Git. 1) https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Porcelain https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Po...
- jpindar 5y agoI found the Git section of "The Missing Semester of Your CS Education" to be helpful.
- nereye 5y agoSeconded, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sjqTHE0zok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sjqTHE0zok.