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Life & fun · October 26, 2011

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Think Like (a) Git, a quasi-tutorial

Think Like (a) Git, a quasi-tutorial launched on October 26, 2011 with 54 votes, #21 of 292 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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In plain words

Think Like (a) Git is a quasi-tutorial designed to help developers understand Git's core concepts and overcome its steep learning curve. It targets people struggling with Git's more advanced features like merges by explaining the fundamental insights that experienced users take for granted. The site aims to demystify Git by breaking down the mental models needed to use the tool effectively, moving beginners past confusion toward genuine comprehension of how Git works.

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From the sources

When you're just getting started, something as straightforward as a merge can be terrifying. It can take a long time to really become comfortable using some of Git's more advanced features. (It took me a year or two.) Once people achieve some level of Git enlightenment, they tend to make statements of the form 'Git gets a lot easier once you realize X' -- but that doesn't do much for people staring up Git's steep learning curve. My goal with this site is to help you, Dear Reader, understand what those smug bastards are talking about . Think Like (a) Git copyright © 2011-2017 Sam Livingston-Gray is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported…from think-like-a-git.net

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