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I've been using Git for my side projects for nearly a year now, based primarily on knowledge I scraped together through conference sessions, screen-casts and cheat sheets. This is how a lot of people seem to get started with Git, but at some point it becomes necessary to really understand how it's working and what some of the more advanced commands are for.
This book was exactly the right next step for me, moving me from stumbling around in Git to really understanding it. The author accomplishes this by taking the time to cover Git internals and to build on your knowledge as the book progresses. At first, I resisted all the plumbing explanations, since I doubt I'll be contributing to Git itself, but after a chapter or two it becomes obvious that understanding what Git is doing internally is pretty important to understanding how to interact with it. Additionally, the internals are always explained from a layman's perspective and never get so nuanced that they distract from the topic area being covered.
The book is organized so that you slowly build up knowledge of how Git works, with many topic areas sort of split into a basic and advanced chapter. This was a bit annoying at first, but since the more advanced topics require you to understand other aspects of the tool first, it's necessary. As an example, you need to understand diffs, branching and merges before you can worry about patches, and you need to understand branching and merging before you can worry about remotes.
The book also ends with a decent overview of how to use Git with SVN, which is still pretty important given that a lot of organizations will be relying on SVN for quite some time. Unfortunately, this is one of the few areas that could have used a bit more coverage and seemed to lack the basic and advanced topic setup that worked so well for the rest of the book.
It also doesn't provide much in the way of best practices for employing Git, although I don't see this as a weakness. The closest it comes to recommending a strategy to use it with your team is to kind of sketch out how some very high-profile open source projects work with the tool, which is unlikely to directly apply. Fortunately, there's a lot of content on the Web that covers use cases, branching strategies and best practices, so you won't have trouble finding this information elsewhere. The author doesn't take an opinion on such topics, instead focusing on how to make Git do what you want once you've decided on how you want to use it.
In the end, I recommend this book to anybody who has decided that Git is going to be their DVCS and intends to read the book sequentially, cover to cover. If you're still trying to decide between Mercurial, Bazaar and Git, this is probably a lot more information than you want or require. If you're looking for a quick reference, then the progressive structure may leave you scratching your head when jumping around topic areas.
Once you settle on Git, and want to invest the time to build up the conceptual framework you'll need to succeed with it, this book won't disappoint.
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Customers find the book provides a fine introduction to Git, with one review noting it walks through every aspect of the system in detail. The writing style is well-received, being written by brilliant developers, and customers consider it an excellent resource. The readability and organization receive mixed feedback - while some find it easy to understand and well-organized, others disagree. The example quality is also mixed, with some customers appreciating the examples while others find them unrealistic. Customers disagree on the accuracy of the content.
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59 customers mention content, 49 positive, 10 negative
...Great read but slow to get to the point don't pick this up to learn git in a few mins.Read more
...I ended up as a advanced Git user. Great book.Read more
...having a computer science background, will find this particularly useful and enjoyable....Read more
...Overall, a good book - I am happy with it.Read more
7 customers mention writing style, 6 positive, 1 negative
This is a book in the style of the classic O'Reilly books; well written, understandable, comprehensive enough for a beginner with Git....Read more
...It's obviously written by brilliant developers for themselves....Read more
...Diagrams are clear and crisp. A well-thought out and written book on what to my mind is a pretty complicated subject.Read more
...The book is okay, the author is succinct and goes direct to the point, the language is clear (important for non native English speakers), the book...Read more
5 customers mention reference, 4 positive, 1 negative
...using Git to put on your desk or show to a colleague, this is an excellent resource....Read more
...Git is no exception to this rule. I have found this book an incredibly valuable tool, as I learn Git myself, and have been able to smooth the ride...Read more
Good primer on using GIT.Read more
...It's written in a verbose, example-driven style, which dulls its usefulness as a reference; and the authors' ludicrous sense of pacing ruins it as...Read more
12 customers mention readability, 8 positive, 4 negative
...felt this book gives a lot of great information presented in a easy to read manner....Read more
...A very frustrating read, and for reference, I've been using a similar version control system (Mercurial) for quite some time....Read more
I found the book easy to follow and feel that it gave me a complete view of the inner workings of Git....Read more
...a book in the style of the classic O'Reilly books; well written, understandable, comprehensive enough for a beginner with Git....Read more
6 customers mention example quality, 3 positive, 3 negative
...It has a different model. This books goes through all of it, with examples and explanations of the internals. Great Read.Read more
...But I found that examples in this book are not logical. They jump from one to another while it will be better to use the same.Read more
This book gives great examples and walk throughs that helped me understand git....Read more
...Most troubling are the intentionally idiotic and unrealistic examples used throughout the book....Read more
5 customers mention organization, 2 positive, 3 negative
Though more comprehensive than Scott Chacon's Pro Git, this book is a mess. It fails both as a reference and as a tutorial....Read more
...to understand the "why" of what you do, and it's organized well enough to search for a command and read how to use it....Read more
...The problems are: - It lacks a strong organization....Read more
Clear, well organized, very well writtenRead more
5 customers mention accuracy, 1 positive, 4 negative
Agreed with other reviewers that this book misses the mark as either a reference or as a tutorial....Read more
...The lack of legibility of this book is further compounded by many errors, frequently involving discrepancies between the text and the accompanying...Read more
...However, some issues that I can recall: 1. Errors. A ton of errata. 2. Focus? is it an "internals" book or a usable guide....Read more
...turned me into a git guru (nor a github guru neither) but I am no longer incompetent; I can be productive without stumbling on the basic tools....Read more
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