Free Book: Pro Git

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The entire Pro Git book, written by Scott Chacon and published by Apress, is available here. All content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 license. Print versions of the book are available on Amazon.com.

1. 1. Getting Started

   1. 1.1 About Version Control
   2. 1.2 A Short History of Git
   3. 1.3 Git Basics
   4. 1.4 Installing Git
   5. 1.5 First-Time Git Setup
   6. 1.6 Getting Help
   7. 1.7 Summary

2. 2. Git Basics

   1. 2.1 Getting a Git Repository
   2. 2.2 Recording Changes to the Repository
   3. 2.3 Viewing the Commit History
   4. 2.4 Undoing Things
   5. 2.5 Working with Remotes
   6. 2.6 Tagging
   7. 2.7 Tips and Tricks
   8. 2.8 Summary

3. 3. Git Branching

   1. 3.1 What a Branch Is
   2. 3.2 Basic Branching and Merging
   3. 3.3 Branch Management
   4. 3.4 Branching Workflows
   5. 3.5 Remote Branches
   6. 3.6 Rebasing
   7. 3.7 Summary

4. 4. Git on the Server

   1. 4.1 The Protocols
   2. 4.2 Getting Git on a Server
   3. 4.3 Generating Your SSH Public Key
   4. 4.4 Setting Up the Server
   5. 4.5 Public Access
   6. 4.6 GitWeb
   7. 4.7 Gitosis
   8. 4.8 Gitolite
   9. 4.9 Git Daemon
   10. 4.10 Hosted Git
   11. 4.11 Summary

5. 5. Distributed Git

   1. 5.1 Distributed Workflows
   2. 5.2 Contributing to a Project
   3. 5.3 Maintaining a Project
   4. 5.4 Summary

6. 6. Git Tools

   1. 6.1 Revision Selection
   2. 6.2 Interactive Staging
   3. 6.3 Stashing
   4. 6.4 Rewriting History
   5. 6.5 Debugging with Git
   6. 6.6 Submodules
   7. 6.7 Subtree Merging
   8. 6.8 Summary

7. 7. Customizing Git

   1. 7.1 Git Configuration
   2. 7.2 Git Attributes
   3. 7.3 Git Hooks
   4. 7.4 An Example Git-Enforced Policy
   5. 7.5 Summary

8. 8. Git and Other Systems

   1. 8.1 Git and Subversion
   2. 8.2 Migrating to Git
   3. 8.3 Summary

9. 9. Git Internals

   1. 9.1 Plumbing and Porcelain
   2. 9.2 Git Objects
   3. 9.3 Git References
   4. 9.4 Packfiles
   5. 9.5 The Refspec
   6. 9.6 Transfer Protocols
   7. 9.7 Maintenance and Data Recovery
   8. 9.8 Summary

10. Index of Commands