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by martinpw 34 days ago
I've always felt bad about not understanding git better and wanted to dedicate time to learn it properly but never got to it. Finally this is a use case where AI is really good. It has always been able to get me out of trouble when I mess up, and often rescued files I thought I had lost for good. And is always able to rebase for me, normally a place where I flail pathetically. And it's easy to human verify the result before pushing.

Honestly this is one area I really like AI - so I can focus on the things I really need to focus on and not spend a bunch of time becoming an expert in things I don't want to be an expert in.
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xeyownt 33 days ago
The best recommendation is "Git Internals" (https://github.com/pluralsight/git-internals-pdf). It teaches you how git works from the internal, and give you absolute confidence and understanding on how the tool works.

I guess it'd take one day of your life to read it, but I think it pays back a lot.

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dreamcompiler 33 days ago
This was indeed one of the sources I read to become a git expert. Git is simple and elegant on the inside. Which you'd never believe if you only studied its UI.
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