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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 1 = Learning About git =
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 3 [[Free Online Pro Git book>>http://progit.org/book/]]
4 [[Git User Manual>>http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html]]
5 [[Git Reference>>http://gitref.org/index.html]]
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 7 = Install Git =
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 9 [[OS X dmg Installer>>http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/]]
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 11 = Git Goodies =
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David Avendasora 77.1 13 === GitX git GUI ===
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David Avendasora 77.1 15 GitX is an awesome FREE history viewer made for OS X. It is a better way to visualize your branch and commit history of your git repository. However, power users (aka "cool kids") will probably only use it for history viewing while they continue to use the terminal command line for checkouts, branching, staging, rebasing and committing.
16 [[GitX Home Page>>http://gitx.frim.nl/]]
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Kieran Kelleher 66.1 18 === Open in GitX ===
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Kieran Kelleher 66.1 20 [[Open In GitX Finder Droplet>>http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/wiki/OpenInGitX]]
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 22 == Git Tower ==
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 24 For those of you who just get panic attacks at the thought of using the Terminal, there is a commercial app for that:
25 [[Git Tower>>http://www.git-tower.com/]]
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 27 = Using git locally on a Subversion Working Copy =
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 29 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!
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 31 Don't use the git-svn tool, 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.
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 33 = I want to learn git before I switch from Subversion =
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 35 (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 ;-) )
36 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:
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 38 [[**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]]
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 40 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, however my advice is don't use git-svn. Use the **git+svn** approach outlined in above blog post instead.
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 42 Once you start using git, it becomes addictive ....... you can never go back ...... really, it's that good ...... and it is not hard.
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 44 Some tips for Eclipse setup and general workflow when using git locally on svn working copies,
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 46 * check out the entire svn branch on the command line, then LINK (import no copy) the projects you want in your workspace using the Subclipse import tool, and
47 * Do your git operations (status, staging, commit, diff, branching, checkouts, rebase and merge using the terminal). git on the terminal is efficient... honest.
48 * Do all your local work and cimmits on branches other than the master branch.
49 * Switch to master branch to update from svn and commit those svn updates on the master branch.
50 * Merge your working branch(es) with or rebase your working branch(es) from the master and just keep on working.
51 * Switch to master branch before synchronizing with remote svn repo.
52 * 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.
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Kieran Kelleher 109.1 54 {{info title="Anatomony of an svn update operation on a git-managed svn working copy"}}
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 56 # Assume you are currently on a working branch. Verify this and check for uncommitted changes.
57 git status
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 59 # Either commit your local changes to your working branch using {{git add}} + {{git commit}}, or temporarily stash them using {{git stash}}
60 git stash
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 62 # Switch to master branch
63 git checkout master
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 65 # Ensure there are no changes either from an svn perspective or a git perspective on the master branch.
66 git status
67 svn status
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 69 # Update the master branch from remote svn repo
70 svn update
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 72 # Commit those updates to git repo
73 git commit -a -m "updated from remote svn repo"
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 75 # Switch to your working branch
76 git checkout workingbranch
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 78 # Merge or rebase your working branch off of the updated master.
79 # This rewinds your branch commits back to the common commit ancestor
80 # shared between your working branch and the master branch. Then it
81 # applies the master branch commits (the svn updates) so that this
82 # working branch becomes identical to the master. After that it 'replays'
83 # your working branch commits on top of the updated branch.
84 # This ensures a clean linear progression. Rebasing is a very cool feature of git.
85 rebase master
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 87 # Now if you stashed uncommitted changes earlier, you can pop them back into
88 # the working copy
89 git stash pop
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Kieran Kelleher 107.1 91 {{/info}}