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Why on earth is git super awesome?

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September 28, 2011
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Why on earth is git super awesome?

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Transcript

  1. ? WHY ON EARTH IS GIT SUPER AWESOME

  2. git *

  3. ...is distributed. git *

  4. ?

  5. Centralised

  6. None

  7. Slow Network Required Poor Branching Restrictive

  8. Distributed

  9. None

  10. Fast No Network Needed Any Workflow Safer

  11. Developer Developer Developer Integration Manager Blessed Repository

  12. git *

  13. ...is easy. git *

  14. Core (Plumbing) UI (Porcelain)

  15. $ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository

    in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”

  16. $ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository

    in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”

  17. $ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository

    in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”

  18. $ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository

    in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”

  19. $ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository

    in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”

  20. $ vim ... $ git commit -am “changed some widgets”

  21. $ vim ... $ git commit -am “changed some widgets”

  22. Done.

  23. git merge git blame git status git log git checkout

    git branch git clone git rebase git config git revert git tag git reset git bisect git pull git fetch git stash git add

  24. git merge git blame git status git log git checkout

    git branch git clone git rebase git config git revert git tag git reset git bisect git pull git fetch git stash git add

  25. git *

  26. ...is fast. git *

  27. ...and stupid.

  28. stupid = simple

  29. simple = fast

  30. Commit Tree Blob Tag

  31. Commit

  32. Commit Tree Tree Blob Blob Blob

  33. Commit Commit

  34. Commit Commit Commit

  35. Commit Commit Commit Commit Commit

  36. Commit Commit Commit Commit Commit Commit

  37. Commit Tag

  38. git *

  39. ...is friendly. git *

  40. None

  41. Pull Requests Issues Wikis Community

  42. git *

  43. ...is reliable. git *

  44. Industry Usage

  45. Industry Support Linux Kernel Google Eclipse Android

  46. IDE Support

  47. git *

  48. ...is branch-able. git *

  49. $ git branch quick-test

  50. $ git merge quick-test

  51. $ git branch -d quick-test

  52. git *

  53. ...is efficient. git *

  54. Cheap Local Branching

  55. zlib Compression

  56. Only Send Changes

  57. git *

  58. ...is free. git *

  59. None

  60. git *

  61. ...is not perfect! git *

  62. No Partial Checkouts

  63. Limited Binary Support

  64. * git

  65. ...is awesome. git *

  66. Fin.

  67. Fin. Questions? @xoebus [email protected] xoebus

  68. Fin. http://git-scm.com @xoebus [email protected] xoebus