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Christopher Brown
September 28, 2011
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Why on earth is git super awesome?
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? WHY ON EARTH IS GIT SUPER AWESOME
git *
...is distributed. git *
?
Centralised
None
Slow Network Required Poor Branching Restrictive
Distributed
None
Fast No Network Needed Any Workflow Safer
Developer Developer Developer Integration Manager Blessed Repository
git *
...is easy. git *
Core (Plumbing) UI (Porcelain)
$ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository
in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”
$ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository
in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”
$ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository
in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”
$ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository
in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”
$ cd my-project $ git init Initialized empty Git repository
in /Users/cb/my-project/.git/ $ git add . $ git commit -m “initial commit”
$ vim ... $ git commit -am “changed some widgets”
$ vim ... $ git commit -am “changed some widgets”
Done.
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
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
git *
...is fast. git *
...and stupid.
stupid = simple
simple = fast
Commit Tree Blob Tag
Commit
Commit Tree Tree Blob Blob Blob
Commit Commit
Commit Commit Commit
Commit Commit Commit Commit Commit
Commit Commit Commit Commit Commit Commit
Commit Tag
git *
...is friendly. git *
None
Pull Requests Issues Wikis Community
git *
...is reliable. git *
Industry Usage
Industry Support Linux Kernel Google Eclipse Android
IDE Support
git *
...is branch-able. git *
$ git branch quick-test
$ git merge quick-test
$ git branch -d quick-test
git *
...is efficient. git *
Cheap Local Branching
zlib Compression
Only Send Changes
git *
...is free. git *
None
git *
...is not perfect! git *
No Partial Checkouts
Limited Binary Support
* git
...is awesome. git *
Fin.
Fin. Questions? @xoebus
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xoebus
Fin. http://git-scm.com @xoebus
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xoebus