11. Staging Area (index)
• an intermediate step
• allows flexibility
• build commits the way you want
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12. Why is it better than X?
• cheap local branching
• everything is local
• fast
• small space
• staging area
• any workflow
• GitHub
http://whygitisbetterthanx.com
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30. Branching commands
• git branch
• git checkout
• git merge
• git rebase
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31. Remotes
= remote branch
They take the form (remote)/(branch).
For instance, if you wanted to see
what the master branch on your origin
remote looked like as of the last time
you communicated with it, you would
check the origin/master branch.
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