Git: Project Management for Developers and DevOps Teams

Git is more than a place to save successive copies of a project: it gives a development team a way to track changes, work on separate lines of development, and bring contributions together. Bernd Öggl and Michael Kofler make those workflows the center of this practical guide, starting with the first repository and building toward the problems developers encounter in day-to-day work.

Start with the commands, then understand the model

The book begins with installation and setup, including repositories, account access, and essential commands such as clone, commit, push, and pull. From there, it explains the underlying pieces of Git—commits, trees, blobs, and tags—so actions in the command line have context rather than feeling like a string of magic words.

Keep collaboration and change under control

Branches, merges, rebasing, remote repositories, and merge conflicts are treated as connected parts of working with shared code. The coverage also includes ways to undo or restore changes, compare versions, and manage multiple changes. That makes the book useful not only when a workflow goes smoothly, but when a repository needs careful inspection or correction.

Read the history inside a repository

Git can reveal how a project has changed and where to investigate a problem. Sections on logs, diffs, search, blame, bisect, statistics, and visualization show how repository history can help answer practical questions about commits, files, and errors.

GitHub, GitLab, and everyday practice

Alongside Git’s core commands, the authors cover working with GitHub and GitLab, including repositories and team collaboration. The book also addresses hooks, backups, tags, and practical workflow considerations—useful context for developers who want to work more confidently with version control across a project.

With its mix of fundamentals, command-oriented guidance, and troubleshooting topics, Git: Project Management for Developers and DevOps Teams is suited to readers building their Git skills and developers looking for a fuller reference to the tool they use at work.