[csw-maintainers] [offtopic] git presentation

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi,

Am 16.08.2011 um 11:18 schrieb Sebastian Kayser:
> * Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> I'm going to be putting together a git presentation for a mostly
>> technical audience.  I expect that most of these folks will not have
>> used git although a few will have.  I'm curious what those of you who
>> use git would present.  What features do you:
> 
> Disclaimer: entry-level git user
> 
>> find most useful?
> 
> * easy to maintain, local repository (no server)
> * local commits (even when working with a server)
> * git stash
> * git commit --amend
> 
> I'd probably also add github's super-easy-to-use fork + pull request
> workflow.

* branching/mering in 1 second
* keeping the original author of a patch (as opposed to the committer)

>> find hardest to understand?
> 
> * when getting started: git's notion of an index/stage

If that is the commit-cache: +1

> * detached HEAD

* rebasing

>> wish you'd learned earlier?

* proper working with remotes

>> find most dangerous?

* rebasing


Best regards

  -- Dago

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