Git Magic (e.g. cloning home directories)
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blynn/gitmagic/ch03.html#id2552561
Topics:
Git Magic
1. Introduction
Work is Play
Version Control
Distributed Control
A Silly Superstition
Merge Conflicts
2. Basic Tricks
Saving State
Add, Delete, Rename
Advanced Undo/Redo
Dowloading Files
The Bleeding Edge
Instant Publishing
What Have I Done?
3. Cloning Around
Sync Computers
Classic Source Control
Forking a Project
Ultimate Backups
Light-Speed Multitask
Guerilla Version Control
4. Branch Wizardry
The Boss Key
Dirty Work
Quick Fixes
Uninterrupted Workflow
Managing Branches
Work How You Want
Personal Experience
5. Git Grandmastery
Source Releases
Changelog Generation
Git Over SSH, HTTP
Commit What Changed
I Stand Corrected
… And Then Some
Local Changes Last
My Commit Is Too Big!
Don't Lose Your HEAD
HEAD-hunting
Building On Git
6. Secrets Revealed
Invisibility
Integrity
Intelligence
Bare Repositories
Git Shortcomings
Windows Git
Unrelated Files
Volatile Projects
Global Counter
Automatic Compression