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Git Essentials

Create, merge, and distribute code with Git, the most powerful and flexible versioning system available

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|Sep 2025
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    Book Description

    If you are a software developer with little or no experience of versioning systems, or are familiar with other centralized versioning systems, then this book is for you. If you have some experience working with command lines or using Linux admin or just using Unix and want to know more about Git, then this book is ideal for you.

    What you will learn

    • Create, branch, and merge a local repository
    • Transport your work to a remote repository working in a centralized manner
    • Organize your source code using feature branches
    • Organize the development flow
    • Get a meaningful changelog using clear commit messages
    • Collaborate with teammates without any impediments
    • Experiment with your code without affecting functional code files
    • Explore some tools used to migrate to Git from other versioning systems without losing your development history
    • Extend your knowledge of Git with some useful resources

    Who this book is for

    If you are a software developer with little or no experience of versioning systems, or are familiar with other centralized versioning systems, then this book is for you. If you have some experience working with command lines or using Linux admin or just using Unix and want to know more about Git, then this book is ideal for you.

    Table of Contents

    1. Getting started with Git
    2. Git fundamentals: working locally
    3. Git fundamentals: working remotely
    4. Git fundamentals: niche concepts, configurations and commands
    5. Obtaining the most: good commits and workflows
    6. Migrating to Git
    7. Git resources
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78528-727-5
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 168