Top Git books recommended by experts

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Fundamentals of Git

Understanding the concepts of Git starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

Git Pocket Guide: A Working Introduction

This pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job companion to Git, the distributed version control system. It provides a compact, readable introduction to Git for new users, as well as a reference to common commands and procedures for those of you with Git experience.

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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series)

By applying universal rules of software architecture, you can dramatically improve developer productivity throughout the life of any software system. Now, building upon the success of his best-selling books Clean Code and The Clean Coder, legendary software craftsman Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”) reveals those rules and helps you apply them.
Martin’s Clean Architecture doesn’t merely prese…

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Pro Git

Effective and well-implemented version control is a necessity for successful web projects, whether large or small. With this book you’ll learn how to master the world of distributed version workflow, use the distributed features of Git to the full, and extend Git to meet your every need.

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Professional Git

Git greatly simplifies the software development cycle, enabling users to create, use, and switch between versions as easily as you switch between files. This book shows you how to harness that power and flexibility to streamline your development cycle.

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Apps and Services with .NET 8 - Second Edition: Build practical projects with Blazor, .NET MAUI, gRPC, GraphQL, and other enterprise technologies

Elevate your practical C# and .NET skills to the next level with this new edition of Apps and Services with .NET 8.
With chapters that put a variety of technologies into practice, including Web API, gRPC, GraphQL, and SignalR, this book will give you a broader scope of knowledge than other books that often focus on only a handful of .NET technologies. You'll dive into the new unified model …

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Learning Git: A Hands-On and Visual Guide to the Basics of Git

This book teaches Git in a simple, visual, and tangible manner so that you can build a solid mental model of how Git version control works. Through the use of color, storytelling, and hands-on exercises, you will learn to use this tool with confidence. The information is introduced incrementally so that you don't get bogged down with unknown terms or concepts. Learning Git is ideal for anyone …

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Additional Git Reading

These books are not required for you to learn Git, but they are highly recommended for you to deepen your knowledge.

Git for Teams: A User-Centered Approach to Creating Efficient Workflows in Git

The first part of the book on structuring workflow is useful for project managers, technical team leads, and CTOs. The second part provides hands-on exercises to help developers gain a better understanding of Git commands.

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