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Git Version Control Cookbook

Leverage version control to transform your development workflow and boost productivity

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Sep 2024
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Description

A series of practical recipes to simplify the Git learning experience and increase your productivity when using Git version control

Key Features

  • Explore practical recipes to use Git’s most advanced features
  • Learn how Git references its objects and how history is recorded
  • Use reflog and git-fsck to recover lost information

Book Description

Git is one of the most popular tools for versioning. With over 100 practical, self-contained tutorials, this updated version of the bestselling Git Version Control Cookbook examines the common pain points and best practices to help you solve problems related to versioning.
Each recipe addresses a specific problem and offers a proven, best-practice solution with insights into how it works. You’ll get started by learning about the Git data model and how it stores files, along with gaining insights on how to commit changes to a database. Using simple commands, you’ll also understand how to navigate through the database. Once you have accustomed yourself to the basics, you’ll explore techniques to configure Git with the help of comprehensive examples and configuration targets. Further into the book, you’ll get up to speed with branches and recovery from mistakes. You’ll also discover the features of Git rebase and how to use regular Git to merge other branches. The later chapters will guide you in exploring Git notes and learning to utilize the update, list, and search commands. Toward the concluding chapters, you’ll focus on repository maintenance, patching, and offline sharing.
By the end of this book, you’ll have grasped various tips and tricks, and have a practical understanding of best-practice solutions for common problems related to versioning.

What you will learn

  • Understand the Git data model and use commands to navigate the database
  • Find out how you can recover lost commits or files
  • Force a rebase on some branches and use regular Git to merge the rest
  • Study the techniques for extracting metadata from repositories and automating your tasks using Git hooks
  • Explore Git notes and learn about the various features that it offers
  • Get up to speed with decoding different subcommands

Who this book is for

If you are a developer or Build Release Manager looking for a practical guide to help you take your Git knowledge to the next level, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of GNU tools and shell or bash scripting is a must.

Table of Contents

  1. Navigating Git
  2. Configuration
  3. Branching, Merging, and Options
  4. Rebasing Regularly and Interactively, and Other Use Cases
  5. Storing Additional Information in Your Repository
  6. Extracting Data from the Repository
  7. Enhancing Your Daily Work with Git Hooks, Aliases, and Scripts
  8. Recovering from Mistakes
  9. Repository Maintenance
  10. Patching and Offline Sharing
  11. Tips and Tricks
  12. Git Providers, Integrations, and Clients
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78913-694-4
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2018 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2024
Language: English
Pages: 354
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Programming and languages
BISAC subjects:
COM051000,
COM051010,
COM056000
Thema subjects:
UM,
UMX,
UB

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