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DenisM on May 10, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Using the git index to fearlessly try out risky ch...

Is this article useful for someone who doesn't know git? It would be helpful to have summaries/prerequisites as a first post... As is I can't bring myself to read it.

bradx3 on May 11, 2008 [–]

Not really. There are better git tutorials out there - http://osteele.com/del.icio.us/osteele/git (from the article).

Git allows you to choose which way you work more than (say) subversion. This article is an example of a slightly different way to work.

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