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1. Getting Started
- 1.1 About Version Control
- 1.2 A Short History of Git
- 1.3 Git Basics
- 1.4 Installing Git
- 1.5 First-Time Git Setup
- 1.6 Getting Help
- 1.7 Summary
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2. Git Basics
- 2.1 Getting a Git Repository
- 2.2 Recording Changes to the Repository
- 2.3 Viewing the Commit History
- 2.4 Undoing Things
- 2.5 Working with Remotes
- 2.6 Tagging
- 2.7 Tips and Tricks
- 2.8 Summary
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3. Git Branching
- 3.1 What a Branch Is
- 3.2 Basic Branching and Merging
- 3.3 Branch Management
- 3.4 Branching Workflows
- 3.5 Remote Branches
- 3.6 Rebasing
- 3.7 Summary
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4. Git on the Server
- 4.1 The Protocols
- 4.2 Getting Git on a Server
- 4.3 Generating Your SSH Public Key
- 4.4 Setting Up the Server
- 4.5 Public Access
- 4.6 GitWeb
- 4.7 Gitosis
- 4.8 Gitolite
- 4.9 Git Daemon
- 4.10 Hosted Git
- 4.11 Summary
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5. Distributed Git
- 5.1 Distributed Workflows
- 5.2 Contributing to a Project
- 5.3 Maintaining a Project
- 5.4 Summary
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6. Git Tools
- 6.1 Revision Selection
- 6.2 Interactive Staging
- 6.3 Stashing
- 6.4 Rewriting History
- 6.5 Debugging with Git
- 6.6 Submodules
- 6.7 Subtree Merging
- 6.8 Summary
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7. Customizing Git
- 7.1 Git Configuration
- 7.2 Git Attributes
- 7.3 Git Hooks
- 7.4 An Example Git-Enforced Policy
- 7.5 Summary
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8. Git and Other Systems
- 8.1 Git and Subversion
- 8.2 Migrating to Git
- 8.3 Summary
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9. Git Internals
- 9.1 Plumbing and Porcelain
- 9.2 Git Objects
- 9.3 Git References
- 9.4 Packfiles
- 9.5 The Refspec
- 9.6 Transfer Protocols
- 9.7 Maintenance and Data Recovery
- 9.8 Summary
Chapter 7
Customizing Git
So far, I’ve covered the basics of how Git works and how to use it, and I’ve introduced a number of tools that Git provides to help you use it easily and efficiently. In this chapter, I’ll go through some operations that you can use to make Git operate in a more customized fashion by introducing several important configuration settings and the hooks system. With these tools, it’s easy to get Git to work exactly the way you, your company, or your group needs it to.