Preface

1.Introduction

Background

The Birth of Git

Precedents

Time Line

What's in a Name?

2.Installing Git

Using Linux Binary Distributions

Debian/Ubuntu

Other Binary Distributions

Obtaining a Source Release

Building and Installing

Installing Git on Windows

Installing the Cygwin Git Package

Installing Standalone Git (msysGit

3.Getting Started

The Git Command Line

Quick Introduction to Using Git

Creating an Initial Repository

Adding a File to Your Repository

Configuring the Commit Author

Making Another Commit

Viewing Your Commits

Viewing Commit Differences

Removing and Renaming Files in Your Repository

Making a Copy of Your Repository

Configuration Files.

Configuring an Alias

Inquiry

4.Basic Git Concepts

Basic Concepts

Repositories

Git Object Types

Index

Content-Addressable Names

Git Tracks Content

Pathname Versus Content

Object Store Pictures

Git Concepts at Work

Inside the .git directory

Objects, Hashes, and Blobs

Files and Trees

A Note on Git's Use of SHA1

Tree Hierarchies

Commits

Tags

5.File Management and the Index

It's All About the Index

File Classifications in Git

Using git add

Some Notes on Using git commit

Using git commit --all

Writing Commit Log Messages

Using git rm

Using git mv

A Note on Tracking Renames

The .gitignore File

A Detailed View of Git's Object Model and Files

6.Commits

Atomic Changesets

Identifying Commits

Absolute Commit Names

refs and symrefs

Relative Commit Names

Commit History

Viewing Old Commits

Commit Graphs

Commit Ranges

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7.Branches

8.Diffs

9.Merges

10.Altering Commits

11.Remote Repositories

12.Repository Management

13.Patches

14.Hooks

15.Combining Projects

16.Using Git with Subversion Repositories

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