Table Of ContentMastering Git
Mastering Computer Science
Series Editor: Sufyan bin Uzayr
Mastering Git: A Beginner’s Guide
Sumanna Kaul, Shahryar Raz, and Divya Sachdeva
Mastering Ruby on Rails: A Beginner’s Guide
Mathew Rooney and Madina Karybzhanova
Mastering Sketch: A Beginner’s Guide
Mathew Rooney and Md Javed Khan
Mastering C#: A Beginner’s Guide
Mohamed Musthafa MC, Divya Sachdeva, and Reza Nafim
Mastering GitHub Pages: A Beginner’s Guide
Sumanna Kaul and Shahryar Raz
Mastering Unity: A Beginner’s Guide
Divya Sachdeva and Aruqqa Khateib
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Mastering Git
A Beginner’s Guide
Edited by Sufyan bin Uzayr
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Contents
About the Editor, xiii
Chapter 1 ◾ Getting Started 1
VERSION CONTROL BASICS 2
WHAT IS GIT? 9
ADVANTAGES OF GIT 15
For Development 16
Git for Marketing 17
Git for Product Management 17
Git for Designing 18
Git for Customer Support 19
Git for HR 19
Git for Budget Management 19
DISADVANTAGES OF GIT 19
HISTORY OF GIT 26
REFERENCES 33
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Chapter 2 ◾ The Basics 35
INSTALLING GIT 35
FIRST TIME GIT SET UP 39
Establishing Your Identity 41
Editing 41
Default Branch Name 42
Check the Settings 42
Creating a New Repo 44
Git Clone 44
Saving Changes 45
Git Push 45
Bare and Cloned Repositories 46
Reverting Changes 46
TIPS AND TROUBLESHOOTING 47
Chapter 3 ◾ Working with Repositories 57
WHAT ARE GIT REPOSITORIES? 58
RECORDING CHANGES TO REPOS 60
WORKING WITH REMOTES 67
GIT ALIASES 72
TAGGING 80
How to List Your Tags? 80
Creating Tags 81
Annotated Tags 82
Lightweight Tags 82
Tagging Later 82
Contents ◾ vii
Sharing Tags 83
Deleting Tags 83
Check Out the Tags 84
Retagging or Replacing Old Tags 85
Chapter 4 ◾ Working with Branches 87
WHAT ARE BRANCHES? 88
Working 90
Common Commands 91
Creation of Branches 91
Creation of Remote Branches 92
Deleting Branches 92
BRANCHING AND MERGING 93
Definition of Git Branching 93
Branch Naming 95
BRANCH WORKFLOWS 99
How It Works 100
Beginning with the Main Branch 101
Creating a New Branch 101
Subsequent Tasks 101
Push Feature Branch to Remote 101
Resolve Feedback 102
Merge Your Pull Request 102
Pull Requests 102
REMOTE BRANCHES 106
Pushing 108
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Tracking Branches 109
Pulling 111
Deleting the Remote Branches 111
Chapter 5 ◾ Working with Servers 113
GETTING GIT ON SERVER 114
Putting the Bare Repository on a Server 114
Small Setups 115
SSH Access 116
SERVER SETUP 117
DISTRIBUTED GIT AND PROJECTS 119
Distributed Workflow 120
Centralized Workflow 120
Integrator-Manager Workflow 121
Dictator and Lieutenants Workflow 123
Contributing to Projects 124
Commit Guidelines 126
Chapter 6 ◾ GitHub 129
WHAT IS GITHUB? 129
Account Set Up and Configuration 131
SSH Access 134
Your Avatar 135
Email Addresses 135
Two-Factor Authentication 136
Contents ◾ ix
HISTORY OF GITHUB 137
Acquired by Microsoft 139
Mascot 141
HOW TO USE GITHUB 144
How to Create a Repository on GitHub? 144
Create Branches 145
Making Commits 146
Pull Command 147
Merge Command 148
Cloning and Forking GitHub Repository 148
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCOUNTS 149
Personal User Accounts 149
Organization Accounts 150
Enterprise Accounts 151
Chapter 7 ◾ GitLab 153
WHAT IS GITLAB 153
HISTORY OF GITLAB 155
HOW TO USE GITLAB 161
GitLab and SSH Keys 161
Prerequisites 162
Supported SSH Key Types 162
Generating the SSH Keys 163
Configure Your SSH to Point to a Different
Directory 164
Updating Your SSH Key Passphrase 165
