# Pro Git

Pro Git 2nd Edition

Repository: https://github.com/progit/progit2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pro-git
Language: CSS
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: book, git, asciidoc, pro-git
Last push: 2026-05-25T08:09:13+00:00
Link (homepage): http://git-scm.com/book/

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4636, "days_push": 100, "days_rel": 100, "gap_med": 15.0, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6568, forks 2115 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:45.288345+00:00)

## What it is
Pro Git 2nd Edition is an open-source book about the Git version control system, written in AsciiDoc and freely available online in many languages. The repository contains the full source for the book, which is published at git-scm.com/book.

## Use cases
- learn git from scratch
- find a free git reference book
- understand git internals and branching
- translate or contribute to the pro git book
- build the pro git book from source

## When to choose
- you want a comprehensive, free, community-translated guide to Git
- you need authoritative documentation on Git workflows and internals

## When to avoid
- you need an interactive tutorial or hands-on course rather than a book
- you want tooling or software rather than learning material

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, version-control
- domain: version-control, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: git, book, open-source-book, asciidoc

## Member repositories
- progit/progit2 (main) score 88
- progit/progit (mirror) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:45.288345+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:43:39.688053+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://git-scm.com/book/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:09.490758+00:00, sha d08210a2511e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.