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Git Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

by Włodzimierz Gajda

December 2013

Beginner

420 pages

9h 17m

English

Apress

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What is git?1-1. Installing git on Windows1-2. Installing git on Linux1-3. Installing git on OS X1-4. Accessing the manual1-5. Configuring git
2-1. Cloning a repository hosted on Github2-2. Cloning a repository hosted on Bitbucket2-3. Cloning a local repository2-4. Copying a local repository2-5. Exploring the contents of a git repository2-6. Deleting and restoring the contents of the working directory2-7. Cloning a bare repository2-8. Exploring the history with a git log command2-9. Analyzing a repository with git log and shortlog commands2-10. Defining aliases for the commands discussed in Recipes 2-8 and 2-92-11. Analyzing one of the popular repositories2-12. Visualizing the history of a repository2-13. Removing a .git directorySummary
3-1. Creating your first repository3-2. Creating the git snapshot alias3-3. Using the git snapshot alias in your daily work3-4. Mapping names3-5. Restoring revisions with git reset3-6. Restoring revisions with git checkout3-7. Creating a git s alias3-8. Working with reflog3-9. Creating a new repository in an existing project3-10. Losing uncommitted changes3-11. Creating a git simple-commit alias3-12. Loosing commitsSummary

4-1. Staging and committing a new file4-2. Staging and committing a modified file4-3. Committing a modified file4-4. Staging and committing a removed file4-5. Committing a file removed with the standard rm command4-6. Converting an unmodified file into an untracked file4-7. Staging and committing a file renamed with git mv4-8. Committing a file renamed with the standard mv command4-9. Staging all files4-10. Working with mixed statesSummary
5-1. Creating and switching branches5-2. Cloning a repository with branches5-3. Creating a clone-with-branches alias5-4. Committing in a detached HEAD state5-5. Resetting and cleaning a branch5-6. Switching branches in a dirty repository without conflicts5-7. Switching branches in a dirty repository with conflicts5-8. Committing in a wrong branch5-9. Deleting local branches5-10. Using a branch as a backup5-11. Renaming branches5-12. Checking out a file from a different branch5-13. Switching branches in a bare repositorySummary
6-1. Implementing a new feature in a branch6-2. Fast-forwarding branches6-3. Undoing fast-forward6-4. Developing in parallel diverged branches6-5. Merging diverged branches6-6. Avoiding a fast-forward merge6-7. Diverging multiple branches6-8. Merging multiple branchesSummary
7-1. Rebasing divergent branches7-2. Manually rebasing divergent branches7-3. Joining divergent branches into linear history7-4. Diverging three branches7-5. Partial rebasing7-6. Creating bulbs for divergent branches7-7. Creating bulbs in subbranches7-8. Rebasing branches with bulbs7-9. Preserving merges during rebaseSummary
8-1. Amending the most recent revision8-2. Removing n most recent revisions8-3. Squashing many revisions into one revision8-4. Splitting one revision into many revisions8-5. Reordering revisions8-6. Removing several revisions8-7. Editing an old revision8-8. Reverting revisions8-9. Reverting merge commit revisions8-10. Cherry-picking revisions8-11. Squashing a branch8-12. Re-using a reverted branchSummary
9-1. Creating conflicting changes in text files9-2. Resolving textual conflict after merging9-3. Resolving textual conflict after rebasing9-4 Creating conflicting changes in binary files9-5. Resolving a binary conflict during merging9-6. Resolving a binary conflict during rebasing9-7. Forcing a binary mode during mergeSummary
10-1. Manual cloning10-2. Coworking with a central repository10-3. Generating (n-1) merge commits for one commit10-4. Keeping the history linear10-5. Coworking without a central repository10-6. Working with remote branches10-7. Using remote branches for contributions10-8. Accepting contributions10-9. Appending commits to a remote branch10-10. Rewriting history with $ git push -f10-11. Finishing the work on the remote branch10-12. Pushing to non-bare repositoriesSummary
11-1. Installing VirtualBox and Vagrant11-2. Running virtual Linux11-3. Compiling git on a virtual machine11-4. Hosting git repositories over ssh11-5. Simplifying ssh authorization with authorized_keys11-6. Hosting git repositories with git daemon11-7. Hosting git repositories over http11-8. Using Gitweb CGI application11-9. Using a cgit CGI application11-10. Working with gitoliteSummary
12-1. Creating a Github account12-2. Configuring a Github account with SSH keys12-3. Creating a Github-hosted repository for a new project12-4. Creating a Github-hosted repository for an existing project12-5. Creating an organization account on Github12-6. Creating a new project hosted by an organization12-7. Sending pull requests12-8. Reworking your pull requests12-9. Accepting a pull requestHow It WorksSummary
13-1. Working with the $ git diff command13-2. Committing files without line-ending conversion13-3. Checking out files without line-ending conversion13-4. Converting line endings to CRLF in the working directory during checkout and committing the change13-5. Converting line endings to LF and committing the change13-6. Unintended conversion of all line endings13-7. Defining line endings for individual files and directories13-8. Ignoring automatically generated files13-9. Customizing a project with .dist files13-10. Using the .git/info/exclude file13-11. Using tags13-12. Exporting repositories to zipped archivesSummary

Overview

Whether you're relatively new to git or you need a refresher, or if you just need a quick, handy reference for common tasks in git, Git Recipes is just the reference book you need.

With recipes to cover any task you can think of, including working with GitHub and git on BitBucket, Git Recipes shows you how to work with large repositories, new repositories, forks, clones, conflicts, differences, and it even gives you practical scenarios you may find yourself dealing with while using git.

If you work with Git at all, you need this hands-on, practical reference for all things Git.

What you'll learn

How to work with both well-known and local repositories

How to deal with issues like dangling revisions and disjointed branches

How to pinpoint who made specific changes

How to deal with textual and binary conflicts

How to work with hosted solutions like GitHub and BitBucket

How to work with git in large groups

Who this book is for

People who need a quick, practical reference for everything related to Git.