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A Visual Introduction to Git: Premium Screencast

on Oct 14th 2010 with 7 comments
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Many of you might be aware that Nettuts+ recently launched the book, “Getting Good with Git.” However, sometimes, when it comes to scary code and the command line, a visual guide proves to be more helpful for some (including me). If you fall into this camp, we’ve asked the author, Andrew Burgess, to also prepare a screencast, exclusively for our Premium members on the subject! Gain access to this screencast series, as well as many others by becoming a Premium member.

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A Visual Introduction to Git

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I'm a Canadian web developer, a staff writer at Nettuts+, and the author of the Rockable Press eBook Getting Good With Git. I prefer JavaScript and Ruby. Soon, I'll be doing some writing on my personal site; of course, you can follow me on Twitter.  

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  • Sahan

    Thanks Andrew

  • http://www.emersonlackey.com Emerson

    Nice cast, I love GIT, but it can be tough to learn.

    Anyway, I wanted to ask about your background image? That wood is sharp… any chance you could let us know where to grab that?

  • http://www.how-to-asp.net Ryan

    Great stuff! Thanks Andrew

  • Peter

    Looks great, gonna watch this later today.

  • http://ericmontzka.com Eric

    What I’ve watched so far is great, but I got stuck: after git commit, you type the comment and say “close the editor”. How? I only know as much command line as I learned in your ebook, so I’m trying to figure it out-wish you were more specific. Thanks.

    • Ryan

      Eric,

      The text editor used in most UNIX based command line tools is called VI, or VIM (VI improved). There are endless tutorials and resources available to help you learn it. To exit VIM, Andrew just typed ‘:wq’, that’s colon – w – q. The ‘w’ is to Write the file, and the ‘q’ is to quit the editor.