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Git is the source code control system preferred by modern development teams. Its decentralized architecture and lightning-fast branching let you concentrate on your code instead of tedious version control tasks. At first, Git may seem like a sprawling beast. Fortunately, to get started you just need to master a few essential techniques. Read on! Learn Git in a Month of Lunches introduces the discipline of source code control using Git. Helpful for both newbies who have never used source control and busy pros, this book concentrates on the components of Git you'll use every day. In easy-to-follow lessons that take an hour or less, you'll dig into Git's distributed collaboration model, along with core concepts like committing, branching, and merging. This book is a road map to the commands and processes you need to be instantly productive. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Before you begin Chapter 2 An overview of Git and version control Chapter 3 Getting oriented with Git Chapter 4 Making and using a Git repository Chapter 5 Using Git with a GUI Chapter 6 Tracking and updating files in Git Chapter 7 Committing parts of changes Chapter 8 The time machine that is Git Chapter 9 Taking a fork in the road Chapter 10 Merging branches Chapter 11 Cloning Chapter 12 Collaborating with remotes Chapter 13 Pushing your changes Chapter 14 Keeping in sync Chapter 15 Software archaeology Chapter 16 Understanding git rebase Chapter 17 Workflows and branching conventions Chapter 18 Working with GitHub Chapter 19 Third-party tools and Git Chapter 20 Sharpening your Git