Mastering Git - Second Edition

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1 - Exploring Project History and Managing Your Own Work

1

Git Basics in Practice

Technical requirements

A brief introduction to version control and Git

Git by example

Setup and initialization

Collaborative development

Branching and merging

Summary

Questions

Answers

Further reading

2

Developing with Git

Creating a new commit

How a new commit extends a project’s history

The index — a staging area for commits

Examining the changes to be committed

Selective commit

Amending a commit

Working with branches and tags

Creating a new branch

Creating orphan branches

Selecting and switching to a branch

Listing branches and tags

Rewinding or resetting a branch

Deleting a branch

Changing the branch name

Summary

Questions

Answers ...