git monthly links: 2009-01

Hi,

git monthly links is my attempt to gather all the links people have been tagging as "git" in delicious.com[1] (these are not chosen by me). It's a manual process so I might miss some links; I subscribe to the RSS feed and go through all the links simply picking the ones tagged the most.

Previously I was doing this on a weekly basis but I decided there where too few links per week so now I'll be trying with monthly links, let's see how it goes.

The fancier blog version is here: http://gitlog.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/git-monthly-links-2009-01/

== Hot ==

This month was overwhelmed by git ready, a site devoted to share all kinds of tips for git. I'm grouping these together as well as other hugely popular links.

git ready: daily tips for the noob to the guru http://gitready.com/

branching and merging http://gitready.com/beginner/2009/01/25/branching-and-merging.html

zsh git status http://gitready.com/advanced/2009/01/28/zsh-git-status.html

visualizing your repo http://gitready.com/intermediate/2009/01/13/visualizing-your-repo.html

My Git Workflow Michael Ivey explains his choice of git, how he uses it and loves it. http://gweezlebur.com/2009/01/19/my-git-workflow.html

An Illustrated Guide to Git on Windows Very complete instructions to use git on windows (with nice screenshots). http://nathanj.github.com/gitguide/index.html

== Other links ==

Fine. Git is Awesome. Justin M. Tulloss explains his switch from mercurial to git, advantages, disadvantages and comes to the conclusion that git is awesome. http://justin.harmonize.fm/index.php/2009/01/fine-git-is-awesome/

Github: Making Code More Social
Brady Forrest talks about github, and how it increased the activity of the Ruby
on Rails project.
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/01/github-making-code-more-social.html

Tracking an entire Windows system inside Git Avery Pennarun explains his endeavor of tracking windows with git... "If I get a virus, I can 'git revert' it." http://alumnit.ca/~apenwarr/log/?m=200901#21

Ruby Swarms: Visualizing Rails & Git Different visualizations of github activity and Ruby on Rails project with codeswarm. http://www.igvita.com/2009/01/27/ruby-swarms-visualizing-rails-git/

Setting up a new remote git repository Pretty extensive explanation of how to setup a remote git repo. http://toolmantim.com/articles/setting_up_a_new_remote_git_repository

Agile git and the story branch pattern http://blog.hasmanythrough.com/2008/12/18/agile-git-and-the-story-branch-pattern

GIT 101 List of links to learn about git, from Xebia. http://blog.xebia.com/2009/01/26/git-101/

Git and Rails: A detailed tutorial including plugins, submodules, development and production http://harryseldon.thinkosphere.com/2009/01/14/git-and-rails-a-detailed-tutorial-including-plugins-submodules-development-and-production

Commit Chat A site to gather github conversations in one place. http://commitchat.com/

Sharing git repositories via OS X's built-in web sharing http://toolmantim.com/articles/sharing_git_repositories_via_os_xs_built_in_web_sharing

cvsgit.png A nice diagram showing the advantage of git merging compared to cvs. http://annoware.com/images/cvsgit.png

The Best Environment for Rails on Windows Nice and extensive explanation to setup a Ruby on Rails development environment on Windows without an IDE: vim, ctags, console2, etc. http://akitaonrails.com/2009/1/13/the-best-environment-for-rails-on-windows/

Hack && Ship Rein Henrichs explains his development process: hack & ship http://reinh.com/blog/2008/08/27/hack-and-and-ship.html

Craft the perfect gem with Jeweler @ Technical Pickles Explanation of rubygems and how to automate the process of making releases of them with rake and other git-related automated procedures. http://technicalpickles.com/posts/craft-the-perfect-gem-with-jeweler

Git Guide (SourceMage Wiki) http://www.sourcemage.org/Git_Guide

3 Reasons to Switch to Git from Subversion http://markmcb.com/2008/10/18/3-reasons-to-switch-to-git-from-subversion/

A Gaggle Of Git Tips http://www.viget.com/extend/a-gaggle-of-git-tips/

Effectively Using Git With Subversion http://www.viget.com/extend/effectively-using-git-with-subversion/

Show Git dirty state (and branch) in the prompt http://henrik.nyh.se/2008/12/git-dirty-prompt

Perl Migrates To the Git Version Control System http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1079921&cid=26321869

== Japanese ==

分散バージョン管理Git/Mercurial/Bazaar徹底比較 http://www.atmarkit.co.jp/fjava/rensai4/devtool03/devtool03_1.html

github で人のコードをいじる「前」にforkする必要はない http://subtech.g.hatena.ne.jp/miyagawa/20090114/1231910461

[1] http://delicious.com/tag/git

Heya,

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 18:01, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:

Omg, this is so totally insane that I've been laughing the entire time while reading the post, and then for a minute after that :P. Johannes, I think we have a new contender for the UGFWIINI contest.

Hi,

On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

Indeed. It even beats the way we use Git to track the MSys installation in msysgit.git...

Ciao, Dscho