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3.0 out of 5 stars
Dives into the weeds and never manages to rise again, June 2, 2010
This review is from: Version Control with Git: Powerful Tools and Techniques for Collaborative Software Development (Paperback)
This book jumped into the weeds way too fast. Which is good and bad. The label "power user" is appealing and I see the merit in knowing internals. But not with source control. It's a tool. I want to be able to use it productively and quickly and not have to remember MORE THAN two dozen commands. I'm not afraid of branching or merging, but then again, I don't care how these branches and merges are represented as objects on the filesystem.
And that's the problem. This book starts with the assumption that you're interested in the details and will cherish an under-the-hood look. Actually, for me, I really don't care. The details are certain to change. I'm convinced I'll be throwing this book out in a few years because it's outdated. I wouldn't be surprised if Git's hyphenated low level command structure disappears in a few years making this book nearly unusable - these commands are more developer tools than user tools.
With all the negative stuff out of the way, the book does contain a lot of good information. It's easy to read. It hits on a few interesting ideas on managing git. I found no issue following along with the examples - all of them worked fine for me.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I just want to get work done..., October 27, 2010
This review is from: Version Control with Git: Powerful Tools and Techniques for Collaborative Software Development (Paperback)
The author really knows his stuff. There's a lot of information on how git works. My problem is that I need to get work done. The book tells you how to create a git repository and add files to it. It doesn't do a good job explaining how to put a file back. That's the information I need.
I wish books like this would give you the basics first. Here's how you create a repository. Here's how you add files. Here's how you put a file back if you change or delete it.
That's my two cents.
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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent for all experience levels, September 9, 2009
This review is from: Version Control with Git: Powerful Tools and Techniques for Collaborative Software Development (Paperback)
Out of the current crop of distributed version control systems, Git is by far my least favorite. Unfortunately for me, out of the current crop of distributed version control systems, Git is the only one that I don't have to spend an hour chasing bizarre, nonsensical uncaught Python exceptions every time I upgrade, so it's the one I've been stuck gravitating toward.
Luckily, just about anything I don't like about Git can be customized out of existence, but up until now, figuring out how to go about doing this the right way has always been something of a guessing game. This book starts you off on the right foot and gives you the best practices you'll need to adopt in order to not make a fool of yourself, which is really all you can ever hope for.
Highly recommended to anyone who needs or wants to work with Git, even if you already know what you're doing.
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