The SCM du jour, which replaced Mercurial for me, and with a number of followers largely due to the massive amount of projects managed with it (and github’s rise in popularity).
Snippets
Dealing with line endings
Use git config—global core.autocrlf input to have git convert files to LF ending when committing (essential if you want to diff whole trees)
Tools:
| Date | Platform | Link | Rating | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan’13 | N/A | libgit2 | Promising | A linkable library for git |
| Jan’12 | N/A | git-extras | Interesting | A set of extensions for team work. |
| Apr’11 | Mac | GitX | Interesting, haven’t tried it yet | Another fork with even more features |
| Feb’11 | Mac | gitx | Damn good | A fork of the traditional GitX with a number of new features |
| Sep ‘10 | Multiple | Dulwich | TBD | a pure Python implementation |
| Mac | Gitbox | Free for up to three repos. | ||
| gitnub | RubyCocoa, plays nice with github, requires some tweaking. | |||
| Gity | Simple and straightforward UI. | |||
| Gitti | In beta. Seems to have a decent revision graph. | |||
| GitX | The classic. | |||
| GitMac | Also in beta. No remarkable features. | |||
| Multiple | SparkleShare | Wants to be Dropbox as well. Might be the best thing ever for non-tech users if it ever gets out a Windows or Mac version. |
Training:
| Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Apr ‘12 | A successful Git branching model | Very good approach, made easier with gitflow.  |
| Aug ‘10 | Git for the lazy | A moderately broad introduction. |