howto-index.txt

GIT Howto Index
===============

Here is a collection of mailing list postings made by various
people describing how they use git in their workflow.

* link:howto/rebase-and-edit.txt[rebase-and-edit] by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

In this article, Linus demonstrates how a broken commit
in a sequence of commits can be removed by rewinding the head and
reapplying selected changes.


* link:howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.txt[rebase-from-internal-branch] by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

In this article, JC talks about how he rebases the
public "pu" branch using the core GIT tools when he updates
the "master" branch, and how "rebase" works. Also discussed
is how this applies to individual developers who sends patches
upstream.


* link:howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.txt[rebuild-from-update-hook] by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

In this how-to article, JC talks about how he
uses the post-update hook to automate git documentation page
shown at http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/.


* link:howto/revert-branch-rebase.html[revert-branch-rebase] by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

In this article, JC gives a small real-life example of using
'git revert' command, and using a temporary branch and tag for safety
and easier sanity checking.


* link:howto/separating-topic-branches.txt[separating-topic-branches] by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

In this article, JC describes how to separate topic branches.


* link:howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt[setup-git-server-over-http] by Rutger Nijlunsing <rutger@nospam.com>



* link:howto/update-hook-example.txt[update-hook-example] by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Carl Baldwin <cnb@fc.hp.com>

An example hooks/update script is presented to
implement repository maintenance policies, such as who can push
into which branch and who can make a tag.


* link:howto/use-git-daemon.txt[use-git-daemon]