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Version 118.1 by Kieran Kelleher on 2011/03/21 15:06
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1 = Learning About git =
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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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7 = Install Git =
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9 [[OS X dmg Installer>>http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/]]
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11 = Git Goodies =
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13 == GitX git GUI ==
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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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18 == Open in GitX ==
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20 [[Open In GitX Finder Droplet>>http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/wiki/OpenInGitX]]
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22 == Git Tower ==
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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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27 = Using git locally on a Subversion Working Copy =
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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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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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33 = I want to learn git before I switch from Subversion =
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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 taking learning and 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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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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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 approach outlined in above blog post instead.
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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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44 For Eclipse setup when using git locally on svn working copies, just 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 just do your git operations (status, staging, commit, diff, branching, checkouts, rebase and merge using the terminal). git on the terminal is efficient... honest.