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What do I want people to take away from this?

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Git is obscure, but very very powerful.
- chainsaw quote?
Most of Git's power comes from the way it looks at the world.
  (Actually, it comes from the way *computer scientists* see the world.)
That perspective can be taught.  (It's surprisingly easy to learn.)
Once you understand that perspective, it's much easier to understand how Git works.
- quotes from twitter
- "Whoa"

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Tools to cover:
- git add
- git commit

Strategies for gaining confidence with Git:
- Use a throwaway branch to test out an action
- Use a visualizer (e.g., GitX)
- When using a visualizer:
  - predict what the result of your action will be
  - act
  - confirm your prediction

My clip art:
  morrison bridge
  ladd's addition
  Konigsberg bridges
  Family tree
  social network
  facebook world map
  ncaa tournament 2009 bracket
  visual thesaurus


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Quotes
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KentBeck: "finally figuring out that git commands are strangely named graph manipulation commands--creating/deleting nodes, moving pointers around" - https://twitter.com/#!/KentBeck/status/42657237986054144

Some Random Person: '"git gets easier once you get the basic idea that branches are homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds of a Hilbert space."' - https://twitter.com/#!/tabqwerty/status/45611899953491968

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Links
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Git for Ages 4 and Up - http://osdc.blip.tv/file/4441963

http://cnsgittalk.timestream.net/wiki/Main_Page