Getting Good with Git, with Gemma Anible

Most modern development workflows rely on version control, and most of those use Git. It's easy to follow a quick tutorial and learn a few basic commands--and you should, before listening to this episode--but how much do you know about Git's history, how it compares to other version control systems, or what's actually happening with branches and commits and merges and rebases?Git enthusiast and expert Gemma Anible joins us this week to teach about some of the foundational basics of Git--not "git commit", but how it's actually architected--and then some common mistakes and pro tips.Gemma on twitter: https://twitter.com/ellothethGemma on Mastodon: https://mastodon.technology/@ellothethGemma’s web site: https://ramblinations.com/Gemma on YouTube: Navigate your git repository: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeABW6OU1GgWonderProxy: https://wonderproxy.com/CVS: https://nongnu.org/cvs/Subversion: https://subversion.apache.org/Washington, DC legal code: https://github.com/DCCouncil/dc-law-xmlSolo TV show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_(TV_series)Felicity Kendal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_KendalEffervescent: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/effervescentThe Ars Technica article where I read about it: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/how-i-changed-the-law-with-a-github-pull-request/TortoiseSVN (https://tortoisesvn.net/) and TortoiseGit (https://tortoisegit.org/), both for WindowsGit fast forwards: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/git-fast-forwards-and-branch-management-329977726.htmlImage halfway down this blog, “The Git History Is A Graph!“: https://jqassistant.org/shadows-of-the-past-analysis-of-git-repositories/For what would be in the Git reflog on Github: https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/events/Git: https://git-scm.com/Pro Git boo: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2Learn Git Branching: https://learngitbranching.js.org/Matt’s Git Cherry Pick article: https://mattstauffer.com/blog/how-to-merge-only-specific-commits-from-a-pull-request/Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars trilogy: https://www.goodreads.com/series/42348-star-wars-the-thrawn-trilogyMara Jade Skywalker - https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mara_Jade_SkywalkerEnder’s Game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Game -----Editing sponsored by Tighten; transcript sponsored by Larajobs.