Whether you're a Git newbie or you've been using it for some time but only really scratching the surface of its capabilities, this book will help you to gain a deep understanding of how Git works, and how to use it to streamline your workflow. 

Jump Start Git, 2nd Edition

Preface

In my freshman year in college, I started work on my first intranet application. The files in the main directory of the partially functioning application looked something like Figure 1-1.

Introduction

Getting Started with Git

In Chapter 1, I talked about my one-time fear of trying out new things in a project. What if I tried something ambitious and it broke everything that was working earlier? This problem is solved by the use of branches in Git.

Branching in Git

Earlier, we performed a push operation to GitHub, sending a copy of our local repository to the cloud. This is the process you follow when the repository has been created on your local system.

Using Git in a Team

So far, we’ve covered the basics of Git and how to use them as part of a team. But teams differ in the way they utilize Git in their projects. A Git workflow is a set of guidelines that a team should follow to manage a project.

Git Workflows

In the last few chapters, we’ve built a good foundation in Git basics. We’ve gone through the basic Git commands, followed by some more advanced processes that help you contribute to an organization. Up to this point, we haven’t discussed how to fix mistakes you might make while working with Git.

Correcting Errors While Working with Git

So far in this book, we’ve covered the fundamentals of Git and some of its advanced commands. In this chapter, we’ll look at more of these advanced commands.

Unlocking Git's Full Potential

In earlier chapters, we looked at various Git concepts, managing a codebase in a team environment, and commonly used Git techniques to make your workflow efficient. These things help you become better at managing your code with Git, but one thing we haven’t discussed yet is how to integrate Git into your development cycle.

Integrate Git in Your Development Cycle

Until now, we’ve performed all our Git-related actions through the terminal, looking in detail at what each command does. The advantage of terminal commands is that they work across all platforms.

Git GUI Tools

As this book has guided you through the uses of Git, the focus has been on using it to manage a codebase. This is the most common use for Git, but certainly not the only one. In this concluding chapter, I’d like to discuss Git’s meteoric rise, and then give you a glimpse of other innovative uses of Git, as well as its limitations, alternatives to Git, and what the future holds.

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