This book starts off with the concepts needed to use the product, delves into deeper - more technical - topics and finishes with a look at GitHub. I found that it was a good resource for learning what I could do with Git without spending too much time on one topic. The authors plainly discuss the tool's limitations and how developers are working around them. My favourite parts were on the concept of the working directory and repository, and branching.My one criticism is that I felt that there could have been more explanation at times about how to apply these more advanced concepts and that the authors could have shown what the next step for some of these features would be. With that said, I learned a lot about how this tool works, how to use it in a variety of situations, and what it's capable of.As a disclaimer, I received this book as part of O'Reilly's Blogger Review Program. Version Control with Git is a fantastic book if you want to understand how Git is really working. This is important, because I don't know if anyone could ever really use Git without know how it's really working.The book starts at the simplest possible place and shows examples of using Git, which become handy references for what you want to do with the system. But at each step of the way, it also explains what Git is doing under the hood, with diagrams, examples, and lengthy explanations. Sometimes there are even experiments that help you understand even better what's going on.The book is dense, filled with a great deal of information, and some may find it dry. But for the most part, I really enjoyed it, and walked away from the book with a far greater understanding of how to use Git. I recommend it for anyone who is switching to Git.
What do You think about Version Control With Git (2009)?
Very very good about approaching a useful point, then going in depth for full explanation.
—jake
O'Reilly Media never fails to deliver- if you want to get Git- this is the way to go.
—ruchi96
very in-depth analysis of git. Cover a lot of ground. definitely worth a read.
—Wella
Good book. Nice level of detail. Worth the money
—katieh1984
