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If you are going to use git effectively, it’s imperative that you understand the Index. Tour de force, watch it in action.

Two prior Linux Magazine articles, “How To Git It” and “Embrace the Git Index”, cover basic concepts about git and explain some of the details about the git index. This article introduces many new git concepts and techniques that can be used for collaborative development, including the use and manipulation of topic and tracking branches, cloning a remote repository, details on installing a server for git repositories using HTTP and git- native protocols, and publishing a public repository via the Web.

You’ve heard about it. You’ve read about it. But maybe you just don’t git it yet. Linus converted to git, now you can too with this overview.