We'll cover the basics of how to use Git , the basics of distributed versioning in Perforce , and gain an understanding of the tradeoffs between the two

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Lrn2git
By m@

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What is Git?

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A distributed version control
system

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A decentralized version control
system

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Mercurial, Bitkeeper, Fossil, Darcs,
P4 (soon!)

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Why Git?

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A picture of Linus Torvald

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Local. Fast. No meddling admins.

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Low level view

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Blobs, trees, & commits

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Blobs

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Trees

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Commits

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Everything is a SHA

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History is immutable

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(Except when it's not.)

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What is Git?

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The Basics

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4 commands you can't live without

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Init, add, commit, config

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Init, reconcile, submit, set

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git init
git config user.name "Jane Doe"
git config user.email jdoe@example.com
touch foo.txt
git add .
git commit -m 'My first commit'

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Important differences

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Unopened, pending or submitted
vs
Unstaged, staged, or committed

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Git add "stages" files

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What's a stage?

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echo cake > foo.txt
git add .
echo pie >> foo.txt
git commit -m 'What did I commit?'

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cake

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4 commands you have to know if
you want to work with other
people

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Clone, push, pull, remotes

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Clone, push, pull, remotes

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You won't believe how easy it is to
branch your code

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Checkout

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Switch?

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Make all your mistakes disappear
using these simple tricks

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Reset, amend, rebase

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Revert, uncommit

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Reset

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Reset --soft

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Reset --hard

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Commit --amend

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Rebase

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Dive in!

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http://git-scm.com

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Resources
Try Git at CodeSchool
Git Flight Rules
Git Koans