how many people have used version control system before?  svn, cvs, other.


what is git?

from gitwiki:
"What is git ?

Git is a distributed version control system developed by Junio Hamano and Linus Torvalds.

Git does not use a centralized server.

Git runs on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Darwin, Windows, and other operating systems. "





demo: change branches, what is the index?, pushing and pulling, rebase!



github - graphs, faqs, forking, network

disconnected operation

distributed - no central repo, all repos are full copies

makes a lot of sense in open source

makes open source more open
  - tracing attribution of commits


local dev - branching and merging is so easy!!!  try out new ideas.  interrupted flow.  quick bug fix.  sharing branches!