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Ryan Hodson

Ry's Git Tutorial Kindle Edition

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Git is a free version control system known for its speed, reliability, and non-linear development model. Its popularity among open-source developers makes Git a necessary tool for professional programmers, but it can also do wonders for your personal coding workflow. You’ll be able to experiment with new ideas, radically refactor existing code, and efficiently share changes with other developers—all without the slightest worry towards breaking your project.

This comprehensive guide will walk you through the entire Git library, writing code and executing commands every step of the way. You'll create commits, revert snapshots, navigate branches, communicate with remote repositories, and experience core Git concepts first-hand.

Designed for newcomers to distributed development, Ry's Git Tutorial presents this complex subject in simple terms that anyone can understand. Beginner and veteran programmers alike will find this book to be a fun, fast, and friendly introduction to Git-based revision control.

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November 30, 2014
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00QFIA5OC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ RyPress (November 30, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 30, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2561 KB
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Arik

Just awesome

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2020

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I've been using Git as part of my job as a programmer for probably about 8 years now and I am still mystified (if not downright terrified) by its arcane-sounding commands. I managed to learn just the bare minimum to get away with it.

But since this is such an important tool in my day-to-day life as a programmer I've decided that it's time to really understand it. After looking at a bunch of resources online (that didn't help much) I've found this little gem of a book. The author's no nonsense, and straight to the point approach is fabulous. I've learned new tricks from the very first pages of the book. The search is over.

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Dave B

It is sad that Ryan Hodson has written so few books.

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2021

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Ryan Hodson's books and ability to quickly educate or refresh someone's knowledge on a topic have to be in the top 0.1% of all technical books. His ability to succinctly and quickly bring you up to speed and introduce topics in the most effective order possible is something I rarely see in all of the books I have read.

I am saddened that the catalog of books Ryan has written is so small. His choice to not write more books is a loss to our profession and ultimately the world.

7 people found this helpful

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GLS

Hard to Follow Graphics

Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2018

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First, the author clearly knows a lot about git and can write pretty well. The examples are non-trivial and useful.

Unfortunately, the way the author draws the representative graphics is really confusing to me. For example, he'll show merging a branch in ways that leaves my head really confused. He wont' show the branch as originating from the master branch. In virtually all of the graphics, it looks like the branch is some unrelated codeset that's being inserted in. Put another way, it doesn't show branches diverging from the master branch. Then, when the text talks about branching, there's just not a graphical representation showing that operation, so I'm left uncertain and confused.

Perhaps the graphics work for others, but they're really confusing to me. That's a shame, because git's pretty complex and this would be a good resource.

5 people found this helpful

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S. Schonberger

Great introduction to git, and to version control in general

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2016

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This book doesn't expect readers understand much about version control, but it doesn't waste time trying to convince readers that version control is a good idea. (As the author says, if you're reading the book, you've probably already decided it's a good idea.) It takes the reader through a lot of version control situations: keeping versions of one's own work without the confusion that sometimes results from manually dated versions, sharing versions with someone else without a central repository, and managing versions with a central repository. The author uses a simple set of web pages as an example project to illustrate version control concepts. Examples are very clearly spelled out.

The book is nice and short, but covers all that one really needs in the way of an introduction to both version control and git. Thanks to the very low price (free!), the book can be just as long as it needs to be, but no longer. (If it had been expensive, readers might expect a bigger book, even if that means a lot of filler.) I know there's more to git than this, but this is all I need to make git useful. It's like reading the most important chapters of an O'Reilly book, without the more specialized chapters.

Some background, to give a hint about my point of view:
At past jobs, I used a couple of other (really archaic) version control systems, and even worked at a place that (somehow without disaster) managed without version control software. For my hobby programming, I made do with manually dated versions. The jobs with version control were long enough ago that the details have faded, though I remember enough to tell that git is more functional than the old systems I used. That lets me think about the book both from the point of view of someone who has never used formal version control, and from the point of view of someone who is new to git but not version control in general.

-SS

11 people found this helpful

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M. Eric Carr

Great introduction to Git and version control

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2020

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Clear, concise explanation of what version control is, starting from adding numbers to filenames through the history of code repositories, and ending with an explanation of the basics of Git.

Missing is a discussion of push, pull, requests, and such (which was part of what I was hoping to find). Hopefully this will be covered in a later guide. Still, it would be a good value at $0.99, and it's a no-brainer since it's free.

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Sean C

Very readable, very instructive, organised in a logical work-flow based framework

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018

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The approach to the subject matter is simple and straightforward. Ryan takes one through basic workflows and slowly progresses to more complex workflows including how to handle real-life situations such as "Emergency changes". He keeps his goal of the reader's learning Git always in mind, and each section builds on the knowledge gained in the previous sections strengthening the reader's assimilation of both the practical and theoretical aspects of Git.

The links in the text no longer work (as at writing), but for the beginner this should not be a problem as it is helpful to actually key in the short pieces of code so as to re-inforce the functioning of Git.

3 people found this helpful

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Just Another

A nice introduction to Git

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2017

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This book is a nice introduction to the git version control system. It shows several views of ways to work with git; as a solo developer, sharing with other developers within a shared file system, working with a web based repository hosing site (the examples are for BitBucket), and being a project administrator. Some chapter give a peek at how git works under the hood and some advanced functionality.

There were a couple technical issues using the ebook. The text is full of hyperlinks to other parts of the book. A number of times, I was trying to go to the next page on a kindle paperwhite and accidentally hit a hyperlink that jumped to a different section of the book. There are also links to download an example repository, but they are text links so the URL is not visible, which is not helpful to a kindle user.

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Mr Y

Quick but clear practical introduction to Git...Brilliant, and well done Mr Author

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2019

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If like me you struggled with the git speak to the point it caused an ear-brain blockage when you heard it...well, now sit back read this - with your PC to hand, do the examples (they are consecutive, so build the suspence and intrigue) and be amazed that Git is not so inpenetrable as you once thought.

There is so much out there on the Web covering this subject which is free to use. But none I found is as good as this little work...oh and this little work is free too...and even better this is formatted so nicely it has no distractions so all you do is learn the subject it is talking about! It is, for me a mood changer...think I like Git now! used to be scared of it!

If you want to learn, or confirm your expertise, you'll breeze through this, it is actually quite enjoyable.

I am only half way through, but so newly enthused I almost can't wait to get to work tomorrow. If I cant sustain that opinion, I'll come back and say so.

4 people found this helpful

Kevin Roche

Excellent Git introduction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2020

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This is a very good, and thankfully short, introduction to the Git source code control system. It tackles all the most commonly used commands: clone, status, commit, log, fetch, pull, push, revert and rebase, branch, etc. It also provides a very clear graphic guide to the Git life cycle with excellent discussions on branching in the development of features and hot-fixes. The whole is demonstrated by the development of a trivially simple html website.

Photovalve

The best Git tutorial I've read and it's free!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2020

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Most technical writers make pretty dry work of explaining technical concepts and usually assume you know half of the jargon before you start. This means you struggle to understand the concepts they are trying to get across.

Ryan's tutorial starts from the absolute basics and runs you through the language and concepts of Git step-by-step. It's a breeze to read and understand and is an excellent example of how all technical tutorials should be written. Also, rather than just being a reference work it actually walks you through a simple software project using Git.

If you are new to source code control, have no idea what it is and have been told to learn Git then download this and read it. Save yourself the pain of looking elsewhere!

A well-written guide to Git

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2017

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I've been using Git to collaborate on a project but didn't feel I fully understood the full potential of Git. This tutorial starts with the basics of using a local repo and gradually introduces the concepts needed to collaborate using a central repo. It goes on to explain more advanced topics and even ventures into the inner workings of Git.

I'm sure even a complete beginner would have no difficulty in following the steps in this tutorial. I'd highly recommend it and it's free. What's not to like?

Thanks to Ryan for a great little book.

3 people found this helpful

Coeur De Noir

The examples are simple and the diagrams of development flow are beautifully simple and elegant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2017

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This is a straight forward book on how to use For. The examples are simple and the diagrams of development flow are beautifully simple and elegant. Most unbelievable of all is that this Kindle book is free. I keep it on my phone as a ready reference. Keep it for when you hit that Git-Bash button.

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