Linus Torvalds on git

Published February 16th, 2010 Under Configuration Management | Leave a Comment

Linus Torvalds visits Google to share his thoughts on git, the source control management system he created two years ago.

Git in One Hour

Published December 29th, 2009 Under Configuration Management | Leave a Comment

This webcast covers the basics of the Git source control system. It introduces the audience to Git basics: staging and committing snapshots, viewing the commit log, pushing to and pulling from servers, and creating, switching between, and merging branches. Finally it quickly covers a few more advanced features.

Git

Published November 4th, 2009 Under Configuration Management | Leave a Comment

This video describe what “git“; is and isn’t, and why you should use it instead of CVS, Subversion, SVK, Arch, Darcs, Mercurial, Monotone, Bazaar, and just about every other repository manager. It also walks though the basic concepts so that the manpages might start making sense.

Getting Git: Getting Effective Project Management

Published June 2nd, 2009 Under Configuration Management | Leave a Comment

Git is the source control system used to manage the Ruby on Rails project, as well as many other major open source projects. This talk will provide an introduction to how Git works and how to use it effectively to manage your projects. The talk will cover:
* How Git differs from other source control systems the audience may be familiar with.
* How to use it within a distributed team.
* Commonly used commands.
* Common misconceptions of the system.

Scott will also cover advanced topics like using and understanding the index, deploying a Git-based project with Capistrano, and using Git from your Ruby or Rails project as a data store.

http://scotland-on-rails.s3.amazonaws.com/1A02_Scott_Chacon.mp4