Git Version Control Cookbook

A series of practical recipes to simplify the Git learning experience and increase your productivity when using Git version control

Key Features

Explore practical recipes to use Git's most advanced features
Learn how Git references its objects and how history is recorded
Use reflog and git-fsck to recover lost information

Book DescriptionGit is one of the most popular tools for versioning. With over 100 practical, self-contained tutorials, this updated version of the bestselling Git Version Control Cookbook examines the common pain points and best practices to help you solve problems related to versioning.
Each recipe addresses a specific problem and offers a proven, best-practice solution with insights into how it works. You'll get started by learning about the Git data model and how it stores files, along with gaining insights on how to commit changes to a database. Using simple commands, you'll also understand how to navigate through the database. Once you have accustomed yourself to the basics, you'll explore techniques to configure Git with the help of comprehensive examples and configuration targets. Further into the book, you'll get up to speed with branches and recovery from mistakes. You'll also discover the features of Git rebase and how to use regular Git to merge other branches. The later chapters will guide you in exploring Git notes and learning to utilize the update, list, and search commands. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll focus on repository maintenance, patching, and offline sharing.
By the end of this book, you'll have grasped various tips and tricks, and have a practical understanding of best-practice solutions for common problems related to versioning.What you will learn

Understand the Git data model and use commands to navigate the database
Find out how you can recover lost commits or files
Force a rebase on some branches and use regular Git to merge the rest
Study the techniques for extracting metadata from repositories and automating your tasks using Git hooks
Explore Git notes and learn about the various features that it offers
Get up to speed with decoding different subcommands

Who this book is forIf you are a developer or Build Release Manager looking for a practical guide to help you take your Git knowledge to the next level, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of GNU tools and shell or bash scripting is a must.