Version Control with Git: Powerful Tools and Techniques for Collaborative Software Development

Ponuthorai, Prem Kumar,Loeliger, Jon

ISBN 10: 1492091197 / ISBN 13: 9781492091196

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Version Control with Git: Powerful Tools and Techniques for Collaborative Software Development
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1492091197
• ISBN 13: 9781492091196
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Track, branch, merge, and manage code revisions with Git, the free and open source distributed version control system. Through a series of step-by-step tutorials, this practical guide quickly takes you from Git fundamentals to advanced techniques, and provides friendly yet rigorous advice for navigating Git's many functions. You'll learn how to work with everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

In this third edition, authors Prem Kumar Ponuthorai and Jon Loeliger break down Git concepts using a modular approach. You'll start with the basics and fundamental philosophy of Git, followed by intermediate commands to help you efficiently supplement your daily development workflow. Finally, you'll learn advanced Git commands and concepts to understand how Git works under the hood.

• Learn how to use Git for real-world development scenarios
• Gain insight into Git's common use cases, initial tasks, and basic functions
• Use the system for distributed version control
• Learn how to manage merges, conflicts, patches, and diffs
• Apply advanced techniques such as rebasing, hooks, and ways to handle submodules

About the Authors

Prem Kumar Ponuthorai is responsible for strategizing and enabling GitHub's offerings for the Expert Services Delivery organization. Having built on his software engineering background by becoming a Git convert, Prem has given Git workshops at conferences and provided training in Git for enterprise customers across diverse industries.

Jon Loeliger is a freelance software engineer who contributes to Open Source projects such as Linux, U-Boot, and Git. He has given tutorial presentations on Git at many conferences including Linux World, and has written several papers on Git for Linux Magazine.

In prior lives, Jon has spent a number of years developing highly optimizing compilers, router protocols, Linux porting, and the occasional game. Jon holds degrees in Computer Science from Purdue University. In his spare time, he is a home winemaker.