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Pragmatic Version Control Using Git
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Pragmatic Version Control Using Git

by Travis Swicegood
December 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
184 pages
4h 47m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Chapter 3 Creating Your First Project

Now it’s time to dig into Git. Up to this point, we have talked about abstract ideas and getting set up. That changes in this chapter.

We’re going to work on a small HTML project and use Git to track it. Don’t worry if you don’t know HTML. The markup we’re using here is simple and easy to follow even if you aren’t familiar with HTML.

In this chapter, we’ll do the following:

  • Create a repository

  • Add some files and make some changes

  • Create a new branch

  • Tag a release and clean up our repository release

  • Clone a repository

Once we’re finished, you’ll know the basics you need to get started with Git. This chapter is a high-level overview. There are a lot of new concepts and commands introduced ...

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