This pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job companion to Git, the distributed version control system. It provides a compact, readable introduction to Git for new users, as well as a reference to common commands and procedures for those of you with Git experience. Written for Git version 1.8.2, this handy task-oriented guide is organized around the basic version control functions you need, such as making commits, fixing mistakes, merging, and searching history. * Examine the state of your project at earlier points in time * Learn the basics of creating and making changes to a repository * Create branches so many people can work on a project simultaneously * Merge branches and reconcile the changes among them * Clone an existing repository and share changes with push/pull commands * Examine and change your repository's commit history * Access remote repositories, using different network protocols * Get recipes for accomplishing a variety of common tasks