On Sep 16, 2015, at 09:34 AM, R. David Murray wrote: >My experience with DVCS started with bazaar, moved on to hg for the >CPython project, and finally git. Through all of that I did not >understand the DAG, and had trouble wrapping my mind around what was >going on, despite being able to get things done. I read a bunch of >documentation about all three systems, but it wasn't until I watched >another instructor teach the git DAG at a Software Carpentry workshop >that it all clicked. Partially, I had been continually confused by the >concept of a "branch", since git uses that term differently than CVS, >svn, hg, or bazaar. But once I understood it, suddenly everything >became clear.
The O'Reilly book on Git by Loeliger & McCullough really crystallized the git model for me. I have the 2nd edition from 2012. I struggled quite a bit with the dvcs model when I first started using bzr *many* years ago now, and even though I was comfortable with it by the time I mostly switched to git, it wasn't an entirely smooth transition. This book had some of the best descriptions and diagrams about what was going on, and I still find that it's a great first-stop when trying to do something out of the ordinary with git. Call me old skool but looking up something in the index can be faster than using da googles. :) Cheers, -Barry _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com