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A simple guide for getting started with git

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Re: A simple guide for getting started with git

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I don't get this. Sure, the tutorial looks very pretty, but it does not explain any concepts. "Create a new repository." What is a repository? What do I do with it? The HEAD is a tree "which points to the last commit you've made". Huh? A tree can point? The one in my garden can't. Also, what's a commit? I thought "commit" was a verb, not a noun. And so on. It's nice that people want to make something as complex as gi…

If you want an easier/more clear guide that the one linked, follow their first-time use tutorial. Learning how it works is as simple as installing it and running their tutorial; it wouldn't take you more than 15 minutes.

Again, as a beginner, I would tell you that I find git very simple and effective and would strongly encourage you to check it out. Glancing at your profile and comments, I think you'd find it very easy: http://help.github.com/

Here is an image that might clear up some of your questions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Git_data_flow_simplified.s...

Re: A simple guide for getting started with git

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The idea is nice, but the implementation is crap. I don't use git but I'd like to. I guess I'm the target market in a sense. The key to simplifying a tutorial is removal of jargon. Just tell it like it is. FYI: This is the line at which I closed the tab: "checkout a repository" - wtf. I don't know what a repository is and now I'm checking it out? is checkout a typo? maybe it should be check-out? either way, I have no…

"checkout a repository"

I see this pattern all the time where people use the single-word noun form as the verb. It should be "check out" in that instance.

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