A Guide to Branching in Mercurial / Steve Losh
november 2011 by emilsit
With very helpful comparisons to Git.
git
dvcs
mercurial
reference
november 2011 by emilsit
Git Cheatsheet
april 2011 by emilsit
A clickable git cheatsheet showing how to move between different workflow areas (working tree, index, repos)
git
reference
april 2011 by emilsit
gitster's journal - Fun with merges and purposes of branches
august 2010 by emilsit
Junio on the git philosophy of branching.
git
reference
philosophy
august 2010 by emilsit
A few git tips you didn't know about
august 2010 by emilsit
Indeed, the title says it all.
git
tips
reference
august 2010 by emilsit
A Visual Git Reference
april 2010 by emilsit
Nice reference to how the various commands modify HEAD, staging area, and working directory.
git
reference
april 2010 by emilsit
Converting a package to Git
january 2009 by emilsit
Martin Krafft explains how to do a clean git-svn import, rebase a git history on top of it, and convert patches to branches; with commands you can copy-paste. Plus a short bonus lesson on merging. In a Debian packaging context but still useful elsewhere.
svn
git-svn
reference
ff:git-world
subversion
git
workflow
january 2009 by emilsit
Packaging with Git
january 2009 by emilsit
A very detailed walkthrough from Martin Krafft on how to maintain a Debian package in git, tracking a git upstream. Includes discussion of branch usage showing examples for topics and integration, with commands you can run. Also the use of tags. Useful even for non-Debian work! From 2007; some git commands may have changed.
git
packaging
workflow
reference
ff:git-world
january 2009 by emilsit
A Note About Git Commit Messages | tpope.net
january 2009 by emilsit
How you should format commit messages when using git, but just as good for an version control system.
scm
versioncontrol
commit
reference
git
january 2009 by emilsit
Tv's cobweb: Git for Computer Scientists
july 2008 by emilsit
Using terms like "directed acyclic graph", explains the guts of git. Good for quick overview and reference.
git
reference
july 2008 by emilsit
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