This document provides an overview of Git version control software. It discusses reasons for using version control like backups, experimentation, sharing, and collaboration. It then compares centralized and distributed version control models. The document recommends some resources for learning more about Git and includes diagrams to illustrate basic Git concepts. It concludes by suggesting the reader try using Git themselves.

1. Git going with git
an overview

2. Who the heck are you?
● web designer
● front end developer "integrator"
● over ten years of experience
● freelance
● company / small and enterprise

3. Let's take a step back
from Git

4. Why Version Control?

5. Backups. They help.

6. Experimentation

7. Sharing

8. Collaboration

9. Cuteoverload.com
Just because... I wonder if they use version
control? meh... who cares..what a cute kitty!

10. 4 ways of doing it

11. Do nothing.
Pray to the remover of obstacles that nothing
will go wrong.

12. Copy. Copy. Copy. Zip?

13. Centralized Remote Repositories

14. Distributed Version Control

15. Quick Comparison
Central/Subversion Distributed/Git
One true repo Repos everywhere!
fine grained perms General perms
folder checkout You've got everything
single central backup Always backed up
consecutive numbers Odd SHA-1 ID's

16. Time for a little eye glazing over

17. or maybe...oooooh!!!!

18. The Nitty Gritty
Most of this can be found on:
http://git-scm.com/
Good quick start info here too:
https://help.github.com/
Here too!
http://gitref.org/

19. Basic git diagrams courtesy of http://git-scm.com/

31. http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

37. Enough with the slides!
Let's do some gitting!