7 http://git.or.cz/[Git] is a version control Swiss army knife. A reliable versatile multipurpose revision control tool whose extraordinary flexibility makes it tricky to learn, let alone master.
9 As Arthur C. Clarke observed, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. This is a great way to approach Git: newbies can ignore its inner workings and view Git as a gizmo that can amaze friends and infuriate enemies with its wondrous abilities.
11 Rather than go into details, we provide rough instructions for particular effects. After repeated use, gradually you will understand how each trick works, and how to tailor the recipes for your needs.
15 - http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfwthj68_675gz3bw8kj[Chinese (Simplified)]: by JunJie, Meng and JiangWei.
16 - link:/~blynn/gitmagic/intl/es/[Spanish]: by Rodrigo Toledo.
17 - http://www.slideshare.net/slide_user/magia-git[Portuguese]: by Leonardo Siqueira Rodrigues [http://www.slideshare.net/slide_user/magia-git-verso-odt[ODT version]].
21 - link:book.html[Single webpage]: barebones HTML, with no CSS.
22 - link:book.pdf[PDF file]: printer-friendly.
23 - http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=gitmagic[Debian package]: get a fast and local copy of this site. http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/gitmagic[Ubuntu package (Jaunty Jackalope)] also available. Handy http://csdcf.stanford.edu/status/[when this server is offline for maintenance].
27 Dustin Sallings, Alberto Bertogli, James Cameron, Douglas Livingstone, Michael Budde, Richard Albury, Tarmigan, Derek Mahar, Frode Aannevik, Keith Rarick, Andy Somerville, Ralf Recker, Øyvind A. Holm, Miklos Vajna, Sébastien Hinderer, Thomas Miedema, and Joe Malin contributed corrections and improvements.
29 François Marier maintains the Debian package originally created by Daniel
32 JunJie, Meng, JiangWei, Rodrigo Toledo, and Leonardo Siqueira Rodrigues
33 worked on translations of this guide.
35 My gratitude goes to many others for your support and praise. If this were
36 a real physical book, I'd quote your generous words on the cover to promote it.
38 If I've left you out by mistake, please tell me or just send me a patch!
42 - http://repo.or.cz/[http://repo.or.cz/] hosts free projects. The first Git hosting site. Founded and maintained by one of the earliest Git developers.
43 - http://gitorious.org/[http://gitorious.org/] is another Git hosting site aimed at open-source projects.
44 - http://github.com/[http://github.com/] hosts open-source projects for free, and private projects for a fee.
46 Many thanks to each of these sites for hosting this guide.
50 This guide is released under http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html[the GNU General Public License version 3]. Naturally, the source is kept in a Git
51 repository, and can be obtained by typing:
53 $ git clone git://repo.or.cz/gitmagic.git # Creates "gitmagic" directory.
55 or from one of the mirrors:
57 $ git clone git://github.com/blynn/gitmagic.git
58 $ git clone git://gitorious.org/gitmagic/mainline.git