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add and remove (rm), checkout and reset
7 Jul 2015
Git is a stickler for detail, but helpfully so. It tries not to do things unless you specifically tell it…
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checkout this branch
6 Jul 2015
Welcome to one of the most easily confused git commands there is: checkout. Many people use the phrase, “Checkout the…
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push and pull
7 Jun 2015
The state of a codebase on a git server, whether an origin repo in a server or on someone’s laptop,…
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init, clone and origin
28 May 2015
Hopefully you, and the powers that be at your company, are convinced: git is the future and the way forward.…
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End to Big Bang commits
26 May 2015
No matter how agile we get, or small and isolated we try to make our changes, collaborative development will always…
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Backup as often as you like
24 May 2015
Have you ever experimented with a few different approaches to solving a tricky problem only later to try to salvage…
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Work on multiple changes concurrently
23 May 2015
Some server-client Version Control Systems (VCSs), for instance Perforce, have concepts like shelving where you can isolate changes you make…
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Power of the server in your client
21 May 2015
The previous generation of Version Control Systems (VCS), like Subversion, have a traditional client-server model. All the functionality relating to…
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For those not yet using git
20 May 2015
Whether you’re yet to use the world’s favourite new version control system in earnest or not, be under no illusions…