CODEWITHSUNDEEP
gitversion-control
NPS
NPS

Reputation: 6355

Tool-oriented tutorial for git?

Im sure there are plenty of threads asking for git tutorials but I want a very specific tutorial (if there even is one :P).

There are many tutorials who focus on how to do this and that using git. They just give you some ready-made recipes for performing specific tasks. Which is great... if you want to do exactly that and nothing else/more/different.

I, on the other hand, have always preferred the tool-oriented approach (if I may call it that): a tutorial which descripes each tool/part/functionality of some technology, says exactly what it does, how it works and most importantly - what are all possibilites. Because if I know exactly what tools I have and how to use them, I can figure out on my own how to perform specific tasks. And, whenever I have special case - I can adjust and I know how to do it.

Git manual is exactly in that spirit, however it lacks the big picture - it doesn't explain more general terms like repositories, branches, git's overall approach to version control and so on...

So - do you know any tutorials written in the tool-oriented (rather than how-do-I-do-this) spirit? With explanation of all the general concepts as well, of course.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 58

Answers (3)

Initial Commit
Initial Commit

Reputation: 517

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but my team recently published a guidebook that teaches coders how Git works from a code perspective - i.e. how Git's code actually works, instead of a manual on how to use Git's commands. If you are interested you can check it out here.

Upvotes: 0

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1324937

it doesn't explain more general terms like repositories, branches, git's overall approach to version control

That would be covered by the Pro Git book v2.

do you know any tutorials written in the tool-oriented (rather than how-do-I-do-this)

Upvotes: 1

kid
kid

Reputation: 153

while git provides a beautiful documentation as well takes you from basics to a higher level of flow https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1

The following link will really help you to figure out physically what is the concept and very beautifully illustrated with pictorial presentation of each event you do. http://pcottle.github.io/learnGitBranching/

Upvotes: 0

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