Git for beginners: The definitive practical guide

Installation/Setup

• How to install Git
• How do you set up Git? Try to cover Linux, Windows, Mac, think \’client/server\’ mindset.
  • Setup GIT Server with Msysgit on Windows
• How do you create a new project/repository?
• How do you configure it to ignore files (.obj, .user, etc) that are not really part of the codebase?

Working with the code

• How do you get the latest code?
• How do you check out code?
• How do you commit changes?
• How do you see what\’s uncommitted, or the status of your current codebase?
• How do you destroy unwanted commits?
• How do you compare two revisions of a file, or your current file and a previous revision?
• How do you see the history of revisions to a file?
• How do you handle binary files (visio docs, for instance, or compiler environments)?
• How do you merge files changed at the \”same time\”?
• How do you undo (revert or reset) a commit?

Tagging, branching, releases, baselines

• How do you \’mark\’ \’tag\’ or \’release\’ a particular set of revisions for a particular set of files so you can always pull that one later?
• How do you pull a particular \’release\’?
• How do you branch?
• How do you merge branches?
• How do you resolve conflicts and complete the merge?
• How do you merge parts of one branch into another branch?
• What is rebasing?
• How do I track remote branches?
• How can I create a branch on a remote repository?
• How do I delete a branch on a remote repository?
• Git workflow examples

Other

• Describe and link to a good GUI, IDE plugin, etc. that makes Git a non-command line resource, but please list its limitations as well as its good.
  • msysgit – Cross platform, included with Git
  • gitk – Cross platform history viewer, included with Git
  • gitnub – Mac OS X
  • gitx – Mac OS X history viewer
  • smartgit – Cross platform, commercial, beta
  • tig – console GUI for Linux
  • qgit – GUI for Windows, Linux
  • Git Extensions – package for Windows, includes friendly GUI
• Any other common tasks a beginner should know?
  • Git Status tells you what you just did, what branch you have, and other useful information
• How do I work effectively with a subversion repository set as my source control source?

Other Git beginner\’s references

• Git guide
• Git book
• Git magic
• gitcasts
• GitHub guides
• Git tutorial
• Progit – book by Scott Chacon
• Git – SVN Crash Course
• Git from the bottom up
• Git ready
• gitref.org
• Git visual cheatsheet

Delving into Git

• Understanding Git conceptually
• Git for computer scientists (and another version)

reference Link: [above content is taken from stackoverflow]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/315911/git-for-beginners-the-definitive-practical-guide?rq=1