Distributed Version Control with Git: Mastering the Git command line (vogella) (Volume 3)

This book gives a practical introduction into the Git version control system. It explains the setup and the usage of Git repositories using the Git command line tools. At the beginning you learn how to configure and setup new Git repositories, how to add and commit changes using a local Git workflow. As the book advances you learn how to connect to remote repositories and how to use branches and tags. The book covers merging and rebasing changes and provides all the necessary tips and tricks to use Git. It also covers the usage of online Git hosting platforms as for example Github or Bitbucket and describes typical Gitwork workflows which are considered as good practice.