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Re: material for git training sessions/presentations

From
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date
May 7, 2014, 15:02 UTC
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On 05/05/2014 09:48 AM, Chris Packham wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I know there are a few people on this list that do git training in
> various forms. At $dayjob I've been asked to run a few training
> sessions in house. The initial audience is SW developers so they are
> fairly clued up on VCS concepts and most have some experience
> (although some not positive) with git. Eventually this may also
> include some QA folks who are writing/maintaining test suites who
> might be less clued up on VCSes in general.
>
> I know if I googled for git tutorials I'll find a bunch and I can
> probably write a few myself but does anyone have any advice from
> training sessions they've run about how best to present the subject
> matter. Particularly to a fairly savy audience who may have developed
> some bad habits. My plan was to try and have a few PCs/laptops handy
> and try to make it a little interactive.
>
> Also if anyone has any presentations I could use under a CC-BY-SA (or
> other liberal license) as a basis for any material I produce that
> would save me starting from scratch.

I've written and used the following; the first one is a bit more popular (or at least has been mentioned several times on #git)

1. git concepts simplified: http://gitolite.com/gcs.html
2. a presentation on git: http://gitolite.com/git.html
You can use them straight off the web.
Previous: Jordan McCullough (GitHub Staff)
Message 6 of 6 in “material for git training sessions/presentations”
  1. Chris PackhamMay 5, 2014
  2. Scott ChaconMay 5, 2014
  3. Felipe ContrerasMay 5, 2014
  4. Jason St. JohnMay 6, 2014
  5. Jordan McCullough (GitHub Staff)May 6, 2014
  6. Sitaram ChamartyMay 7, 2014

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