Learning Git: A Hands-On and Visual Guide to the Basics of Git

Great book to learn about the most important components of git and develop a solid mental model of the git workflow. The visual teaching style and diagrams really help to enhance the learning experience and build the foundation for a clear mental model. This book covers all of the main features of git from local and remote repositories to different ways of integrating changes and pull requests. All in all this is a fantastic book for anyone interested in learning the fundamental ideas of git in a visual and engaging learning style.

Perfect for visual learners! The graphics and very deliberate step by step instructions are great for beginners.

I use Git in my job, but I did not come from a computer science/software background. Using git and bitbucket were hurdles that I needed to pick up on-the-fly, but I ran into a problem that most of the online Git resources were challenging at best to understand.I thought about purchasing the book *Version Control with Git*, but I saw its 400+ page length and topics in the glossary and decided to wait for this newer book to be released. I was looking for a slimmer book which would teach me 90%+ of what I needed to know for using Git on the job - not advanced DevOps topics. Basically, I needed to learn enough to know the basics and be able to Google whatever else I needed.In this regard, the book is a spectacular success. I read through it over the course of a weekend and worked through the examples. The rainbow project is a very effective way to teach you the inner workings of Git and to build a mental model of what you're doing. You'll cover the basics of local repositories - what a git repository is, how to set one up, how to make changes with commits, what "HEAD" is, the different types of merges. Next, you'll learn about remote repositories, how to set one up in GitHub/BitBucket, pushing/pulling commits, remote and remote tracking branches, what "origin" is, cloning and fetching, resolving merge conflicts, and lasting how to perform a pull request.Nothing in here is too advanced, but it's the bread and butter of using Git in an industry setting, and it's exactly what I needed. Moreover, it helps that the book is beautiful to look at, the colorful rainbow diagrams are quite fun, and the colored font helps bring attention to keywords and commands.The only, minor, complaint I have for the book is that I wish Anna had discussed forks in the Pull (merge) Request chapter. In most companies, there will be privileged access to the production repo, and you will probably not be able to branch off of it directly. Instead, you'll need to make a fork, push your changes, and then do a repo-to-repo PR. I'm sure this book has taught me enough to easily google what I need, but it's the topic most industry users of Git will encounter which is not in this book.Overall this is an excellent book, and I highly recommend it.

An easy book to read. Simple yet great exercises to follow to understand git. The visual graphical images were fantastic to understand the concepts.Good enough to begin with git with commonly used git commands and workflow.Book length was just right to keep my attention. Every chapter began with a recap from the previous chapter and state of git. All exercises are connected. The appendix also gave set up steps for each chapter if you wanted to recap from a particular chapter.Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Well thought through.

I'm currently going through this book and I love the organization, the flow, the examples, the layout. It's a very, well thought-out book. I knew some Git before, but this is clarifying a lot of concepts and also teaching new things.

I was always a little intimidated by Git, but "Learning Git" by Anna Skoulikari made it click. The book breaks everything down in a simple, friendly way, explaining not just how to use Git, but why it works like it does. I went from fumbling with commands to confidently branching and merging in no time. It's almost like every time I had a question in my head, the book would answer it immediately like magic. Whether you're new or looking to sharpen your skills, this book is a game-changer. It makes Git feel like a tool you actually enjoy using!

This book has one of the best illustrations I've seen in a book. Given that git can be such a complicated topic, the illustrations in this book are really top notch! A+

This is an excellent book. It breaks down the essentials of learning Git in a way that is easy to follow and understand.