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Version 185.1 by David Avendasora on 2011/04/25 15:01
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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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6 = Learning About git =
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8 Start here:
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10 * [[Excellent Concept Tutorial on Git>>http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~~cduan/technical/git/]]
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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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27 Git Cheat Sheets
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29 * [[http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/git/]]
30 * [[http://ktown.kde.org/%7Ezrusin/git/git-cheat-sheet-medium.png]]
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32 = Git Goodies =
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34 === Git Bash Completion ===
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36 This is really an absolute necessity and a **huge** productivity improvement. Basically you need the bash completion script from the source tarball and use your shell profile to include it whenever you open a shell. See the **Auto-Completion** section on this page:
37 [[Git Bash Auto-Completion>>http://progit.org/book/ch2-7.html]]
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39 === GitX git GUI ===
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41 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.
42 [[GitX Home Page>>http://gitx.frim.nl/]]
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44 === Open in GitX ===
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46 [[Open In GitX Finder Droplet>>http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/wiki/OpenInGitX]]
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48 == Git Tower ==
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50 For those of you who just get panic attacks at the thought of using the Terminal, there is a commercial app for that:
51 [[Git Tower>>http://www.git-tower.com/]]
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53 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.
54 - Miguel Arroz
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56 = Using git locally on a Subversion Working Copy =
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58 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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60 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]].