Hi another useful links http://osteele.com/archives/2008/05/my-git-workflow
2009/9/11 Kern Sibbald <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > I see that some of the developers such as Eric, Lorenz, and Marco (and > probably others) have picked up on git quite well, but unfortunately, some of > the you are having difficulties learning it from the feedback that I have > received. > > First I have to say that Git is indeed harder to learn than svn, and it is > significantly more complicated, though the very basic commands are not really > any more complex than svn. On the other hand, for developing and integrating > where there is a lot of collaboration, Git (in my opinion) is many, many > times better than svn in practically all respects. > > In any case, our source code is now switched to Git, and we will shortly be > converting the remaining parts (docs and rescue) from svn to Git as well. > > To encourage developers to learn Git and to use it, we (the project) would > like to make the following offer: > > If you are an active Bacula contributor (signed an FLA or in the AUTHORS file) > and plan to send us something in the next 6-12 months, the project will be > happy to purchase a copy of a Git book and send it to you. > > A few restrictions: > - You have to be an active contributor (sent something in at least the last > year and plan to send this year). > - The books will be sent from Amazon > - You must cover any possible customs expenses > - You can choose any reasonably priced git book > - We reserve the right to limit this to a maximum of 20 contributors > - Amazon *may* refuse to ship to some countries because of US embargos. I'll > try but if it is refused, sorry there isn't much I can do about that. > > The way it works: > - Tell me you are interested and send me your exact name and mailing address > - You tell me what Git book you want > - I approve your request > - I order the book you want > > Books I have read: > - Pro Git by Scott Chacon, Appress. This is by far my preferred book of the > three. It has an ebook version at www.apress.com, but the project will be > happy to pay for it. > > - Version Control with Git, by Jon Loeliger, O'Reilly. This is a good book > with a lot of reference material. > > - Pragmatic Version Control Using Git, by travis Swicegood, The Pragmatic > Bookshelf. One of the two worst books I have every read. Not at all > recommended. > > Please note that I will be away from Sunday until next Thursday, so there may > be a bit of a delay in answering your requests. > > Hopefully this will help those that need it get over the steep Git learning > curve and be a small form of thank you and a way to get deeper into Git for > those of you who are already able to use Git. > > Best regards, > > Kern > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel > -- with best regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
