If you’re in the intersection of Emacs and Git users, you are almost certainly using Magit and probably don’t think about version control very much: it just works. But suppose your version control experience is restricted to CVS, SVN, or even no version control at all. If you’re like me, your first thought is probably that that’s a pretty small set but when I stop to think about it, I realize that I know lots of people stuck in CVS or even not using version control of any type.
The Lazy Dev has a nice post that will help get those folks up to speed. The post, Unleash your version control skill in 10 minutes, takes a version control neophyte from getting Git installed, setting up a repository on a remote server (GitHub is used as an example), initializing a project, and keeping things in sync regardless of where a particular change is made.
This is an elementary discussion so Emacs and Magit don’t come into it but Emacs users will have no problem jumping to Magit once they get an elementary knowledge of Git. If you’re new to Git or know someone who is, this post is worth taking a look at.