The Git and GitHub Survival Guide
@casualjim has written a great Git and GitHub Survival Guide over on his blog. It’s great for beginners, especially if they use Windows. img http://img.skitch.com/20090324-g2nqynxgj64cx67gc8acxp6qaj.png http://flanders.co.nz/2009/03/21/gitgithub-survival-guide As he says: Lately…
@casualjim has written a great Git and GitHub Survival Guide over on his blog. It’s great for beginners, especially if they use Windows.
img http://img.skitch.com/20090324-g2nqynxgj64cx67gc8acxp6qaj.png http://flanders.co.nz/2009/03/21/gitgithub-survival-guide
As he says:
Lately I’ve been helping a few people to get started on Github. I use git at the command line and my survival guide is also based on that way of interacting with Git. So I thought I’d write the procedure up so that I can just point people to this page.
Thanks Ivan!
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