A very complete introduction to Git, tailored for Subversion users.

Remember a long time ago, at the dinner table, when your kid brother mashed together a bunch of food that really should not have been mashed together – chicken, jello, gravy, condiments, corn, milk, peas, pudding, all that stuff – and proceeded to eat it? –Ryan Tomayko, The Thing About Git

Some great arguments for using Git as a backup system.

Ryan Tomayko writes about a new Git hosting service. It hooks into Lighthouse and Campfire, and looks web2.0-ish too.¹

1. Not that web2.0-ish means much, but that style of site is really easy to grok ↩

Git is the next Unix, a developer’s perspective on how Git revolutionizes file systems.

The Gnome developer site has a HOWTO explaining how to use Git with Subversion repositories. I’m going to give it a try, as local check-in (and branch management) speed is king.

Linus thinks out loud about how to apply Git to KDE development, including thoughts on social versus technical reasons for central repositories. A good discussion for anyone considering how Git would apply to something already in something CVS/SVN-like.

Miscellaneous Thoughts for Programmers talks about avoiding the hard stuff. It quotes the classic Ruby versus Java myths page:

In what serious discipline is “It’s too hard” a legitimate excuse? I have never seen a bank that eschews multiplication: “We use repeated addition here–multiplication was too hard for our junior staffers.” And I would be uncomfortable if my surgeon said, “I refuse to perform procedures developed in the last 10 years–it is just too hard for me to learn new techniques.”

Linus Torvalds talks about Git at Google Video:

“If you like CVS you should be in some mental institution …”

Basic Instructions is a rofl-funny webcomic digitally drawn in the art style of product instructions.