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Ry's Git Tutorial Kindle Edition

by Ryan Hodson (Author) Format: 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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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00QFIA5OC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ RyPress (November 30, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 30, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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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.

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JC

Great overview of Git essentials, while keeping things simple.

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2019

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Ry's book is an excellent introduction to Git. It explains the basics, but does so without getting bogged down in technical details and focuses on practical use as you build and modify a bare-bones HTML/CSS web site. Near the very end of the book, the basic building blocks of Git are outlined for those who need to dive a little deeper.

The tutorial doesn't require an internet connection until the last couple of chapters and still covers collaboration and different roles before then. I'll probably run through the earlier chapters a second time to ensure I have a better grasp of rebase, reset, and revert. I completed almost the entire book on a non-rooted Android phone via the Termux app and a Bluetooth keyboard. The only exception to that was when Ry briefly discusses Hooks at the end, and I finally got an error -- possibly due to not being able to execute shell scripts on Android? Everything else was fairly easy to follow.

I read some criticism about the diagrams used in the book before purchasing it, and while I can understand where the critic was coming from, they aren't inaccurate, and shouldn't hold you back from getting a lot of value from the book.

Lastly, Git 2.23.0 (Aug 2019) included a new 'switch' command that is used to switch to a different branch, possibly deprecating the 'checkout' command -- which is currently (Nov 2019) used in this book and can mean something else in a different context. 'checkout -b' should still work, but future editions of the book should probably mention 'switch -c' as well.

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npc

Pretty good introduction to version control with git.

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2017

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This is a fine tutorial for people who are new to or want a more comprehensive overview or refresher to git. Someone who is completely new to version control might want a little more hand holding, but overall it strikes a good balance between brevity and thoroughness. I have two criticisms with the book. First, each time the author instructs the reader to issue commands, I believe the book should provide the expected output. It doesn't always do so. Second, the behavior of git, most notably output from commands, has changed since the time the book was written. It would appear that the git version referenced in the book is 1.7. As of the writing of this review, the current version is 2.14. The information page for this book lists the copyright as 2014, which is odd since 1.7 was obsolete years before publication date. This may cause some minor confusion, but it's pretty easy to reconcile the differences. However, before committing the time to this book, the reader should be aware of these differences, and that this book references a version of git that was current as of 2010. This isn't necessarily a deal breaker, but it is apparent as one works through the book, and one can expect these differences to be more pronounced as time goes by.

Overall, it's a good tutorial, and one can't fairly argue with the price.

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Jonathan Martin

Im new to this

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2023

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Great read! Took me step by step, with great examples. I have recommended this literature, and will continue to do so.

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surattikorn

Great book for learning Git

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2022

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Great book for learning Git.
The book contains:
- Basics
- Practices
- Tips & tricks
- Low-level commands for Git

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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.

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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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Excellent guide for Mercurial user

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2022

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I am long-time Mercurial user and have up until now found most of the Git documentation I've read (including several Git-for-Mercurial-users guides) hard to internalise as the differences in the two VCS are so subtle but profound.
This book, however, was so clear and well-paced that I had no problem reading it in its entirety (even though the initial sections were familiar) and was well primed with the author's worked examples and explanatory style to digest the sections on local and remote branches that had been confusing me before now. Highly recommended.

PM

Bonne intro à GIT

Reviewed in France on August 14, 2022

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Assez détaillé et avec beaucoup d'exemples en ligne de commande.

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Good, teaches the basics without fuss

Reviewed in India on February 10, 2022

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A cleanly written book that teaches the basic commands of git and discussed various workflows, and touches upon the internal workings.

Jovair Ribeiro da Silva

Great book

Reviewed in Brazil on February 1, 2020

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That is an excellent book. Easy to understand, clear and, after the first reading we can find a command line easily.

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lorenzo pirro

Ottimo come nessun manuale

Reviewed in Italy on June 9, 2020

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Contenuto basato su per esempi concreti e precisi, ed anche abbastanza completo come copertura complessiva. Spiega bene cos'è e come realmente vada utilizzato Git. Non c'é che dire

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