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Learning Git
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Learning Git

by Anna Skoulikari
May 2023
Beginner
320 pages
8h 17m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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[ Index ]

A

--all (git branch), 107, 285

--all (git log), 77, 284

ancestors of branches, rebasing and, 213

-A option (git add), 36

-a option (ls command), 11

app password, 92

arguments, 7

authentication

app password, 92

credentials, 91–93

personal access tokens, 92

author information, 40

B

Bitbucket, 22, 90

app password, 92

HTTPS, 92

pull requests, 234

-b option (git checkout), 86

-b option (git init), 23

branches

as pointers, 45

collaboration, 125–131

commits, 45, 51–54

creating, 53–55

and switching to, 86, 241

default, 24

naming conventions, 48

deleting, 122–124, 137–139

development history, 65

feature branches, 45

git log command, 45

HEAD, 55

listing, 49, 53, 80

local

deleting, 123

integrating changes, 135–136

pushing to remote repository, 107–112

tracking, 106

main, 23, 48

managing, team rules, 125

master, 23

merging, 64–65

origin/HEAD pointer, 120

primary, 45

rebasing and, 195

information, saving, 214

in practice, 218–223

preparations, 211–213

remote, 106

deleting, 123, 249–251

tracking, 106

remote-tracking, 106, 120

source branch, 64

switching, 57–60

creating and, 86, 241

merges and, 71–73

working directory and, 75–77

target branch, 64

topic branches, 45, 126

upstream, 129, 147–150, 242–245

uses, 44–45

visualizing, 57

C

cd command, 12, 283

checking out commits, 80–85

clear command, 8, 283

clearing command line, 8

CLI (command line interface), 3

cloning, 134

origin shortname, 103

project directory names, 116

upstream branches and, 147

collaboration, 2

branches and, 125 ...

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