on-the-job companion to Git, the distributed version control system. It provides a compact, readable introduction to Git for new users, as well as a reference to common commands and procedures for those of you with Git experience.

Written for Git version 1.8.2, this handy task-oriented guide is organized around the basic version control functions you need, such as making commits, fixing mistakes, merging, and searching history.

• Examine the state of your project at earlier points in time
• Learn the basics of creating and making changes to a repository
• Create branches so many people can work on a project simultaneously
• Merge branches and reconcile the changes among them
• Clone an existing repository and share changes with push/pull commands
• Examine and change your repositoryâ s commit history
• Access remote repositories, using different network protocols
• Get recipes for accomplishing a variety of common tasks