Learn the workings of Git, not just the commands

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Learn the workings of Git, not just the commands

When you come from using a classical source code repository like Concurrent Versions System (CVS) or Subversion (SVN), it can be difficult to understand the flexibility and the possibilities of Git. This article tries to explain the workings of Git and how it all fits together, so you don't have to try to remember the commands, but instead just know what to do because you understand it well.

via IBM developerWorks on Twitter.