An open-source distributed Version control system. It quickly becomes the most popular revision control system among developers. It is fast and has many advanced features. But, I think the popularity is largely thanks to GitHub, which is a web-based software development hosting system based on git. It is somewhat notorious for its unfriendliness¹.

• http://git-scm.com/
• GitHub

Related tools#

Large files#

Git LFS and annex are two primary tools. See also How do Git LFS and git-annex differ?

• https://git-lfs.github.com/ - git large file storage
• git annex

Tutorials and books#

Cheatsheet and howtos#

• Cheatsheet
• https://ohshitgit.com
• https://github.com/k88hudson/git-flight-rules/blob/master/README.md

Books#

• Pro Git
• https://happygitwithr.com

Tutorials#

Text/interactive#

• http://gitimmersion.com/
• https://uvads.github.io/git-basics/
• http://www.alistapart.com/articles/get-started-with-git/
• https://learngitbranching.js.org - an interactive tutorial on git branching.
• A Quick Introduction to Version Control with Git and GitHub in PLOS Comp. Biol.

Video#

• Git and GitHub for Poets

Videos and talks#

• on git by Linus Torvalds
• http://zachholman.com/talk/more-git-and-github-secrets/

Tips#

• General
  • http://zachholman.com/talk/more-git-and-github-secrets/
  • https://www.smashingmagazine.com/make-life-easier-when-using-git/
• Commit messages
  • How to Write a Git Commit Message
• diff
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3713765/viewing-all-git-diffs-with-vimdiff
  • http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1325/using-latexdiff-with-git
• hosting - if you want to host your repositories.
  • Gitosis: simple. The development seems to be stopped.
  • Gitorious: notorious installation process.
• system wide gitignore
  • git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore
• http://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2011-06/19-automate_github_pull_requests
• how to remove large files from history?
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9854810/cleaning-up-git-history
  • http://gitready.com/beginner/2009/03/06/ignoring-doesnt-remove-a-file.html
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5563564/remove-files-from-git-repo-completely
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9855226/how-can-i-completely-remove-data-from-a-git-repository
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2100907/how-do-i-purge-a-huge-file-from-commits-in-git-history

Articles#

• http://betterexplained.com/articles/aha-moments-when-learning-git
• http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
  • http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2010/why-arent-you-using-git-flow/
• http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2010/the-mighty-reflog-and-the-amazing-bisect/
• http://cocoawithlove.com/2010/12/version-control-for-solo-mac-developers.html
• http://www.metacircus.com/hacking/2011/02/18/play-git-like-a-violin.html - some useful alises.
• Aha! Moments When Learning Git

Quotes#

People who say “teaching is the best way to learn” have never experienced the seat-of-your-pants terror of trying to merge unrelated histories during an intro to Git workshop. - https://mobile.twitter.com/Hao_and_Y/status/1095494322059923456

Fun#

• https://github.com/jayphelps/git-blame-someone-else