Git Pocket Guide: A Working Introduction

Out of print, but Git remains in wide use. These pocket guides work well as a quick reference.

Great book for git users such as myself

This is an excellent and fun to read introduction to the git version control system. I'll be recommending it to friends and colleagues whenever they want to learn more about git. What I appreciate most about the book is it begins by diving into a description git internals rather than starting with trivial examples. I had been using git for years but before reading this book I was confounded by git's design, workflow and nomenclature decisions. Having "grown up" with CVS, SVN, P4, etc. I had concluded git was a psychological experiment designed by insane people as an amusement. But within the first few sections of this book much of what hadn't been clear to me before all started to make sense. After reading this book I've moved the authors of git out of the "insane" category and into the "insane genius" category.

I just started a new job and ran into a merge conflict on my second day at work. I didn't know what I was doing and ended up deleting + re-cloning the repo several times. Previously I had paid for a Git course but that really only covered Git for my own repo, without the complexities of a shared repo. So I wasn't a complete newbie going into this book, but I also had zero experience using Git in a professional setting. I paused and spent two days with this book and it was enough to unblock myself. It's a small book so it feels less intimidating. In my copy the pages were poorly bound (had a few pages fall out) but nothing a clear piece of tape can't fix. Don't let that stop you though. If you're stuck on Git like I was, I'd recommend giving this book a try!

I'm a Git noob, and if an internet connection is out of reach, this little book is handy if you can't quite CRTL+f the correct phrase in offline documentation.

Very concise and easy to read introduction to Git. You can tell that the author is not being paid by the word, any info that is provided is provided for a reason and the information is all in a very carefully thought out order. There is so little redundant information that if you were to read the chapters out of order just slightly or skip the first chapter you would be at a serious disadvantage compared to a reader that hadn't. If I ever need any books on other topics Richard E. Silverman has written about I will buy them before any others. I can only assume his code is equally clean.

After reading another reviewers comment : 'I had concluded git was a psychological experiment designed by insane people as an amusement. ' - I hit Buy immediately. This is definitely the book for me. I concluded early on using git that while I could follow 'cookbook' directions I was missing something fundamental - I simply didn't understand what was going on 'under the hood'. What I learned from this book is amazing - even if ignore the the fact that git is a source control tool - the underlying data model and operations are fascinating and unique - well worth reading even if you never use git in your life. Its so different you need to try to completely forget any preconceptions you have of other source control systems, even document management systems and start with a blank slate. Finally I know that Git *was* designed by insane people - *brilliant* insane people - but not for amusement, but rather pure genius turned into rock solid engineering in ways I could not previously imagine possible.

This is for advanced users and programmers with a history using git. Not recommended for new users.

Die ideale Ergänzung für meine tägliche Arbeit. Absolute Kaufempfehlung.

Great for some more advanced and rarely used features as a reference.

Good

Avevo già letto il libro in formato elettronico ed ho deciso di comprarlo anche in formato cartaceo. Git Pocket Guide è una guida adatta tanto ai principianti quanto a chi non ricorda un comando che usa di rado. L'esposizione è chiara e si presta sia alla lettura dall'inizio alla fine che alla consultazione. Vivamente consigliato.

Il me paraît complet comme le sont rarement les autres ouvrages sur Git de plus grand formats. On verra avec le temps, mais sa petite taille en fait un bon compagnon de voyage.