Git In Practice is an opinionated, intermediate/advanced-level Git book by @MikeMcQuaid.

1. Preface
2. Introduction to Git
   1. Local Git
   2. Remote Git
3. Git Essentials
   1. Filesystem Interactions
   2. History Visualization
   3. Advanced Branching
   4. Rewriting History and Disaster Recovery
4. Advanced Git
   1. Personalizing Git
   2. Vendoring Dependencies as Submodules
   3. Working with Subversion
   4. GitHub Pull Requests
   5. Hosting a Repository
5. Git Best Practices
   1. Creating a Clean History
   2. Merging vs. Rebasing
   3. Recommended Team Workflows
6. Appendices
   1. Git Installation
   2. Creating a GitHub Account and Repository
   3. Commented Git Configuration
   4. Why Use Version Control?

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Published by Manning in 2014 and given a public GitHub repository in 2017.

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Mike McQuaid