Archive:Development/Tutorials/Git

Although KDE is currently using SVN, we're working on moving to git. Also, a growing number of developers are using git-svn to contribute to KDE.

There are many resources available for learning about Git; the techbase pages below provide a kde-specific introduction, based on the most common tasks. After those links is a list of external documentation we've found useful.

Note: these pages are not complete. help would be appreciated. :) The idea is to provide information in more of a 'recipe' style than 'tutorial': first provide simple commands that people can use Right Now for straightforward tasks, then links to other pages or external git documentation for the tricky things.

Gitting Started

• Learn the Basics of git (greeneg)
• Find the sources for a KDE Project (10% done)
• Read how to push code back to the KDE repositories (0% done)
• Learn how to use git-svn with kde's older svn-based projects. (needs cleanup)

More advanced git usage

Git has many features that older systems like SVN do not have. Some of the trickier things are detailed here.

• Taking advantage of git's features (20% done)
• useful recipes
• things to avoid / best practices (10% done)

Miscellaneous Pages

• Using kde-qt (done)

Further Reading

If you want to learn more about git, see the following resources:

• git cheat sheet - quick reference
• git <-> svn crash course - maps git commands to svn commands
• The Git Parable - Essential reading if you want to truly understand git.
• Git Magic - a good intro to git (in several languages!)
• git for gnome developers
• the official tutorial introduction to Git