Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 31, 2010, 07:32 UTC
Message-ID: <7vd40qg261.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1001292131330.3749@intel-tinevez-2-302>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Just as a general hint, I think the best documentation about Git was 
> written by J. Bruce Fields (the user manual) and Scott Chacon (everything 
> that has GitHub written on it, and Git Pro, and much, much more).

The last one is "Pro Git": http://progit.org/book/; highly recommended.

> ... If you
> happen to speak Japanese, Junio's book might help you understand the ideas 
> behind the current Git user interface, too.

Nah, I don't talk about UIs.  I talk more about concepts.

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