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1 += Got Git? If not, Get Git here =
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3 +Just pick the latest release for your Mac architecture here:
4 +[[OS X dmg Installer>>http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/]]
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1 1  = Learning About git =
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3 -[[Excellent Concept Tutorial on Git>>http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~~cduan/technical/git/]]
4 -[[Free Online Pro Git book>>http://progit.org/book/]]
5 -[[Git User Manual>>http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html]]
6 -[[Git Reference>>http://gitref.org/index.html]]
7 -[[Linus Torvalds talks about git>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8]]
8 +Start here:
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9 -= Install Git =
10 +* [[Excellent Concept Tutorial on Git>>http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~~cduan/technical/git/]]
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11 -[[OS X dmg Installer>>http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/]]
12 +Have a Good Laugh here as Linus Torvalds Evangelizes git:
13 +//this is more fun than learning, but gives you insight into the motivation behind git!//
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15 +* [[Linus Torvalds talks about git>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8]]
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17 +Learn the basics here:
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19 +* [[Everyday GIT With 20 Commands Or So>>http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html]]
20 +* [[Free Online Pro Git book>>http://progit.org/book/]]
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22 +Get the Detailed Reference Materials Here:
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24 +* [[Git User Manual>>http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html]]
25 +* [[Git Reference>>http://gitref.org/index.html]]
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13 13  = Git Goodies =
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15 15  === Git Bash Completion ===
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31 31  For those of you who just get panic attacks at the thought of using the Terminal, there is a commercial app for that:
32 32  [[Git Tower>>http://www.git-tower.com/]]
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48 +I use Tower (bought it), but only for committing and fixing merge conflicts. I think Tower misses quite a bit of the flagship feature of GIT: branches. You can't see a branch tree graphically, like you can with gitX or even the command line (git log ---graph ---color, IIRC). But it's cool for committing. For everything else I use command line.
49 +- Miguel Arroz
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34 34  = Using git locally on a Subversion Working Copy =
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36 36  OK, so you are addicted to git, and now you have to work on a team project that is hosted in a remote subversion repository ... and it is making you depressed :-(. Well, you can use manage your local svn working copy using git and be happy again!