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• 1. Getting Started

• 1.1 - About Version Control
• 1.2 - A Short History of Git
• 1.3 - Git Basics
• 1.4 - Installing Git
• 1.5 - First-Time Git Setup
• 1.6 - Getting Help
• 1.7 - Summary

• 2. Git Basics

• 2.1 - Getting a Git Repository
• 2.2 - Recording Changes to the Repository
• 2.3 - Viewing the Commit History
• 2.4 - Undoing Things
• 2.5 - Working with Remotes
• 2.6 - Tagging
• 2.7 - Tips and Tricks
• 2.8 - Summary

• 3. Git Branching

• 3.1 - What a Branch Is
• 3.2 - Basic Branching and Merging
• 3.3 - Branch Management
• 3.4 - Branching Workflows
• 3.5 - Remote Branches
• 3.6 - Rebasing
• 3.7 - Summary

• 4. Git on the Server

• 4.1 - The Protocols
• 4.2 - Getting Git on a Server
• 4.3 - Generating Your SSH Public Key
• 4.4 - Setting Up the Server
• 4.5 - Public Access
• 4.6 - GitWeb
• 4.7 - Gitosis
• 4.8 - Git Daemon
• 4.9 - Hosted Git
• 4.10 - Summary

• 5. Distributed Git

• 5.1 - Distributed Workflows
• 5.2 - Contributing to a Project
• 5.3 - Maintaining a Project
• 5.4 - Summary

• 6. Git Tools

• 6.1 - Revision Selection
• 6.2 - Interactive Staging
• 6.3 - Stashing
• 6.4 - Rewriting History
• 6.5 - Debugging with Git
• 6.6 - Submodules
• 6.7 - Subtree Merging
• 6.8 - Summary

• 7. Customizing Git

• 7.1 - Git Configuration
• 7.2 - Git Attributes
• 7.3 - Git Hooks
• 7.4 - An Example Git-Enforced Policy
• 7.5 - Summary

• 8. Git and Other Systems

• 8.1 - Git and Subversion
• 8.2 - Migrating to Git
• 8.3 - Summary

• 9. Git Internals

• 9.1 - Plumbing and Porcelain
• 9.2 - Git Objects
• 9.3 - Git References
• 9.4 - Packfiles
• 9.5 - The Refspec
• 9.6 - Transfer Protocols
• 9.7 - Maintenance and Data Recovery
• 9.8 - Summary

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