It’s not new by any means but was not widely known outside the linux community. Recently, git started getting a lot of buzz in the web applications, namely Ruby on Rails, community for being the excellent SCM that it is.

With the launch of github not long ago, many people are making the switch to git. Github is a fantastic tool for using git, especially for project collaboration, however, git’s greatest strengths only show when you truly know how to use it.

I am still but a fledgling myself. But to help fuel the fire, here are a few of my favorite git resources:

• http://wiki.sourcemage.org/Git_Guide
• http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/git
• http://tomayko.com/writings/the-thing-about-git
• http://eagain.net/articles/git-for-computer-scientists/
• http://blog.ericgoodwin.com/2008/4/6/pushing-and-pulling-branches-on-github
• http://hassox.blogspot.com/2007/12/using-git-with-svn.html
• http://toolmantim.com/article/2007/12/5/setting_up_a_new_remote_git_repository

Since its initial release there have been relatively few resources around the interwebs into getting them up and running. Fortunately David Chelimsky, lead dev of RSpec, gave a talk at ETEC. His blog post has the details. The slides are fantastic and they contain the best explanation of integration testing with RSpec that I have seen.

We’ll see how it goes.