• Commit often
• All is not Lost

  git log -g
  git fsck –unreachable
  git stash list

• Backups
  • Although a clone is a backup it does not include git configs, working directory/index, non-standard refs, or dangling objects.|

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• Once you push, don't change history.
• Choose a Workflow
• Logically divide into repositories
• Useful commit messages
• Stay up to date
  • Rebasing

    git pull –rebase
    git merge –no-ff

• Maintenance

  git fsck
  git gc –aggressive
  git remote update –prune
  git stash list

• Enforce standards
  • Regression tests
  • Complication tests
  • Syntax/link checkers
  • Commit message analysis
• Useful Tools
  • gitolite
  • gitslave
  • gerrit
• Integrate with external tools
• Always name your stashes
• Protect against history rewriting