Richard E. Silverman
Git Pocket Guide
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Git Pocket Guide
by Richard E. Silverman
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Table of Contents
Preface ix
Chapter 1:
Understanding Git 1
Overview 2
The Object Store 6
Object IDs and SHA-1 11
Where Objects Live 15
The Commit Graph 16
Refs 17
Branches 19
The Index 22
Merging 24
Push and Pull 26
Chapter 2: Getting Started 33
Basic Configuration 33
Creating a New, Empty Repository 39
Importing an Existing Project 41
Ignoring Files 42
Chapter 3: Making Commits 47
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