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1 += Got Git? If not, Get Git here =
2 +
3 +Just pick the latest release for your Mac architecture here:
4 +[[OS X dmg Installer>>http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/]]
5 +
1 1  = Learning About git =
2 2  
3 3  Start here:
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5 5  * [[Excellent Concept Tutorial on Git>>http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~~cduan/technical/git/]]
6 6  
7 7  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//
8 8  
9 9  * [[Linus Torvalds talks about git>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8]]
10 10  
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18 18  * [[Git User Manual>>http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html]]
19 19  * [[Git Reference>>http://gitref.org/index.html]]
20 20  
21 -= Install Git =
27 +Git Cheat Sheets
22 22  
23 -[[OS X dmg Installer>>http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/]]
29 +* [[http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/git/]]
30 +* [[http://ktown.kde.org/%7Ezrusin/git/git-cheat-sheet-medium.png]]
24 24  
32 +Checkout (Clone) Wonder Source Code, Build and Install
33 +
34 +* [[Instructions>>http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WONDER/Downloading%2C+Building%2C+Installing+and+Upgrading+Wonder+Source+Code]]
35 +
25 25  = Git Goodies =
26 26  
27 27  === Git Bash Completion ===
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43 43  For those of you who just get panic attacks at the thought of using the Terminal, there is a commercial app for that:
44 44  [[Git Tower>>http://www.git-tower.com/]]
45 45  
46 -= Using git locally on a Subversion Working Copy =
57 +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.
58 + Miguel Arroz
47 47  
48 -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!
60 +== Using git locally on a Subversion Working Copy ==
49 49  
50 -There is a git-svn tool (type man git-svn in the terminal for details), but that adds yet another tool into the mix that you have to learn. So while you could use it and YMMV for projects tht are going to be on svn forever, I recommend you just use the [[git+svn protocol>>http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/derickbailey/archive/2010/02/03/branch-per-feature-how-i-manage-subversion-with-git-branches.aspx]] instead, especially if you are typically working on one particular branch of the remote svn repository.
62 +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
51 51  
52 -= I want to learn git before I switch from Subversion =
64 +I recommend you just use the [[git+svn protocol>>http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/derickbailey/archive/2010/02/03/branch-per-feature-how-i-manage-subversion-with-git-branches.aspx]].
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54 -(This kind of repeats some of the previous section, but that's on purpose so we can condition you brain to start using git right now ;-) )
55 -Even while you are working with svn repositories, you can start learning and taking advantage of git right now by making your local svn working copy an actual local git repository. The idea is to use the appropriate ignore feature of each SCM system to ignore the hidden files of the other system. The concept is described here:
66 +== Git Concepts ==
56 56  
57 -[[**git+svn** Working Protocol>>http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/derickbailey/archive/2010/02/03/branch-per-feature-how-i-manage-subversion-with-git-branches.aspx]]
68 +=== Rebasing ===
58 58  
59 -When you first learn about git and you google "git svn" you will learn about a command line tool git-svn which works directly with remote svn repos. Unless you want to use git locally to switch between svn branches, I don't recommend it. Use the **git+svn** approach outlined in above blog post instead.
70 +Rebasing is unique to git. There is no counterpart in Subversion.
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61 -Once you start using git, it becomes addictive ....... you can never go back ...... really, it's that good ...... and it is not hard.
72 +Rebasing cuts down on the spaghetti history of merging and helps to keep history nice and linear.
62 62  
63 -Some tips for Eclipse setup and general workflow when using git locally on svn working copies,
74 +Conceptually, when I rebase my current branch A on another branch B, git removes all my branch A commits back to the common ancestor of A and B, stashes those commits away temporarily, moves the head of the current branch A to the tip of the other branch B, and then re-applys all my stashed commits as **new commit** patches to my branch B.
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65 -* check out the entire svn branch that you work on using the command line, then LINK (import no copy) the projects you want in your workspace using the Subclipse import tool, and
66 -* Do your git operations (status, staging, commit, diff, branching, checkouts, rebase and merge using the terminal). git on the terminal is efficient... honest.
67 -* Do all your local work and cimmits on branches other than the master branch.
68 -* Switch to master branch to update from svn and commit those svn updates on the master branch.
69 -* Merge your working branch(es) with or rebase your working branch(es) from the master and just keep on working.
70 -* Switch to master branch before synchronizing with remote svn repo.
71 -* You can use ##git stash## to temporarily put aside your uncommitted changes before doing an svn update. Then use ##git stash pop## to replay those uncommitted changes onto the working copy.
76 +However before using it on work that is shared with others you MUST follow the these rules, otherwise you will screw everyone else on the project.
72 72  
73 -{{code title="Mechanics of an svn update operation on a git-managed svn working copy"}}
78 +* If you don't understand rebasing, don't use it!
79 +* Use rebase on **private** branches
80 +* Use rebase for commits that have **not been pushed** to a remote repo
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75 -
76 -# Assume you are currently on a working branch. Verify this and check for uncommitted changes.
77 -git status
78 -
79 -# Either commit your local changes to your working branch
80 -# using 'git add' + 'git commit', or temporarily stash
81 -# them using 'git stash'
82 -git stash
83 -
84 -# Switch to master branch
85 -git checkout master
86 -
87 -# Ensure there are no changes either from an svn perspective
88 -# or a git perspective on the master branch.
89 -git status
90 -svn status
91 -
92 -# Update the master branch from remote svn repo
93 -svn update
94 -
95 -# Commit those updates to git repo
96 -git commit -a -m "updated from remote svn repo"
97 -
98 -# Switch to your working branch
99 -git checkout workingbranch
100 -
101 -# Merge or rebase your working branch off of the updated master.
102 -# This rewinds your branch commits back to the common commit ancestor
103 -# shared between your working branch and the master branch. Then it
104 -# applies the master branch commits (the svn updates) so that this
105 -# working branch becomes identical to the master. After that it 'replays'
106 -# your working branch commits on top of the updated branch.
107 -# This ensures a clean linear progression. Rebasing is a very cool feature of git.
108 -rebase master
109 -
110 -# Now if you stashed uncommitted changes earlier, you can pop them back into
111 -# the working copy
112 -git stash pop
113 -
114 -{{/code}}
115 -
116 -{{code title="Mechanics of an svn commit operation from a git-managed svn working copy"}}
117 -
118 -# First perform an svn update as outlined above in the previous section
119 -
120 -# Switch to the master branch
121 -git checkout master
122 -
123 -# Merge your working branch with the master
124 -git merge workingbranch
125 -
126 -# Use svn status, svn add and svn commit to commit your changes to the remote svn repository
127 -
128 -# Switch back to your workingbranch and get back to work.
129 -
130 -
131 -{{/code}}
82 +[[http://progit.org/book/ch3-6.html]]
83 +[[http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~~cduan/technical/git/git-5.shtml]]
84 +[[http://book.git-scm.com/4_rebasing.html]]
85 +[[http://blip.tv/file/4094727]]