[WFS-India] git workshop write-up

[Debamitro Chakraborti]

I have put it on the site as well. Now the registration form is left. Then
we can start publicising from tonight.


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Kaustav Das Modak <kaustav at codebinders.com
> wrote:

> On Monday 10 June 2013 11:33 PM, Debamitro Chakraborti wrote:
>
>> Seeing no activity today, I prepared a tiny write-up for the workshop
>> page on the site (saved in https://wfs-india.etherpad.**mozilla.org/8<https://wfs-india.etherpad.mozilla.org/8>)--
>>
>> ************************************************************************_
>> Write-up for the workshop:_
>>
>> Git is, technically speaking, the most advanced version control system
>> on earth right now.
>> However this does not itself justify why everybody should learn it. The
>> real value of git is that it has taken collaboration to a new level.
>> Just like social media has made friendship cross barriers of space, git
>> has helped developers work together across continents. Git is the
>> backbone of developers working on huge projects like the Linux kernel.
>> Git is also the choice of countless designers and can be used by visual
>> artists and authors as well. Embrace the future by getting a taste of git
>> Pre-requisites:
>> Install git from msysgit.github.io <http://msysgit.github.io> (for
>>
>> Windows) or Software Centre in Ubuntu
>> Ping anybody on #wfs-india to solve installation issues prior to the
>> actual workshop
>>
>> ************************************************************************
>>
>
> Excellent write-up! Great for raising that wee bit of curiousity in
> newcomers! We need to improve the installation and configuration part. Also
> as Joyoti has suggested in her feedback, it will be useful if we link
> to/host a git cheat sheet.
>
>
>
>> Feel free to modify it on the pad. I'll put it up on the site tomorrow.
>> Also, I can volunteer for solving git issues on Windows since I think I
>> have the longest Windows experience among the group here. I installed
>> msysgit and it seems to work fine -- it is just _slow_, which is the
>> hallmark of Windows anyway.
>>
>>
> I am not sure why I have never faced speed issues with msysgit. Though it
> never equals git on the *real* bash. Great to have another fellow mentor
> who has watched the meadows for long through the Windows.
>
>
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