Git Resources

The Git Book is a fantastic resource for explaining the concepts and workflows of Git. All of it is great. Of particular use to SWEN 344 students would be:

• 1.3 Getting Started - What is Git?
• 2.1 Git Basics - Getting a Repository
• 2.4 Git Basics - Undoing Things
• 2.6 Git Basics - Tagging
• 3.1 Git Branching - Branches in a Nutshell
• 3.4 Git Branching - Branching Workflows (specifically topic branches)
• 7.7 Git Tools - Reset Demystified

The Git reference pages are also quite good… if you know what command you’re supposed to be using. Looking at examples first helps immensely. Specifically, these pages are invaluable:

• git add
• git commit
• git push
• git checkout
• git log
• git branch

These pages are also useful:

• git tag
• git pull
• git show
• .gitignore

For clients, we recommend using the command line because that’s how Git is originally intended to be used. However, having a graphical view of the project can also be helpful. We recommend tools like Git Extensions that show the tree. We recommend you avoid tools like GitHub Desktop as they hide too many details from you.