Git is an open source version control system (VSC). It was created in 2005 by Linus Torvalds for development of the Linux kernel. Today Git is a dominant VCS. According to the Stack Overflow 2022 developer survey, 93.87% of developers use Git. No other technology is used as widely.
Links: git-scm.com, Git (Wikipedia).
Related topics: Linux.
Here's 4 amazing resources to learn Git:
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Git documentation (git-scm.com)
free • resource • 2023
Git documentation comes in the form of man pages, so you can browse it online or just type
man <page_name>likeman git. The main types of pages are 1) command and format references such asgit-init[1]andgitignore[5]and 2) tutorials such asgittutorial[7]andgiteveryday[7]. Thegit[1]page references all other pages. You'll probably start withgittutorial[7]. Going through the Git man pages is a rough, fast-paced way to learn Git. For a more detailed introduction, there is also Git User’s Manual. -
Pro Git book, 2nd edition (git-scm.com)
free • resource • by Scott Chacon, Ben Straub • 2023
This book is available on Git's website, so it can be considered a part of the documentation. It's a gentle introduction to Git as well as a detailed description of Git's advanced features. The docs describe what Git commands do. The book also shows you how they are used in the process of software development.
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Git Cheatsheet (ndpsoftware.com)
free • resource • by NDP Software • 2023
This website presents Git's most used commands and visualizes their place in Git with relation to stash, working tree, index, local and remote repositories.
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Git from the inside out (codewords.recurse.com)
free • article • by Mary Rose Cook • 2015
This article explores what happens under the hood when you type Git commands. You'll see that Git stores all files, directories, and commits of a project as objects on the filesystem, and that the states of the repository are represented as the trees of those objects.