If you find yourself confused and frustrated like the author, here's how to make git make sense: 1. Temporarily forget everything you know about every other sy

If you find yourself confused and frustrated like the author, here's how to make git make sense: 1. Temporarily forget everything you know about every other system, and imagine they didn't exist, and that you have to solve this problem yourself. How might you do it? 2. Read Tom Preston-Werner's "The Git Parable" (http://tom.preston-werner.com/2009/05/19/the-git-parable.html http://tom.preston-werner.com/2009/05/19/the-git-parable.htm...). Read it very carefully - the minute you start skimming, you'll start filling in gaps using your Subversion knowledge and be lost again. If you really want to understand, read this aloud.