By Chris Belanger - Mastering Git

By Jawwad Ahmed & Chris Belanger

Jawwad Ahmad and Chris Belanger

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"For Russ and Skip."

Chris Belanger

"To my parents, my wife, and three daughters, for their support and encouragement."

• Jawwad Ahmad

Chris Belanger is an author of this book. He is the Editor-in-Chief of raywenderlich.com. If there are words to wrangle or a paragraph to ponder, hes on the case. In the programming world, Chris has over 25 years of experience with multiple database platforms, real-time industrial control systems, and enterprise healthcare information systems. When he kicks back, you can usually find Chris with guitar in hand, looking for the nearest beach, or exploring the lakes and rivers in his part of the world in a canoe.

Jawwad Ahmad is an author of this book. He is an iOS Developer that spends way too much time using the power of Git to attempt to craft the most ideal commits. He currently works as a Software Engineer at a technology company in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Bhagat Singh is a tech editor for this book. Bhagat started iOS Development after the release of Swift, and has been fascinated by it ever since. He likes to work on making apps more usable by building great user experiences and interactions in his applications. He also is a contributor in the Raywenderlich tutorial team. When the laptop lid shuts down, you can find him chilling with his friends and finding new places to eat. He dedicates all his success to his mother. You can find Bhagat on Twitter: @soulful_swift

Cesare Rocchi is a tech editor of this book. Cesare runs Studio Magnolia, an interactive studio that creates compelling web and mobile applications. He blogs at upbeat.it, and hes also building Podrover and Affiliator You can find him on Twitter at @_funkyboy.

Manda Frederick is an editor of this book. She has been involved in publishing for over ten years through various creative, educational, medical and technical print and digital publications, and is thrilled to bring her experience to the raywenderlich.com family as Managing Editor. In her free time, you can find her at the climbing gym, backpacking in the backcountry, working on poems, playing guitar and exploring breweries.

Sandra Grauschopf is an editor of this book. Sandra has over 20 years experience as a writer, editor, copy editor, and content manager and has been editing tutorials at raywenderlich.com since 2018. She loves to travel and explore new places, always with a trusty book close at hand.

Aaron Douglas is the final pass editor for this book. He was that kid taking apart the mechanical and electrical appliances at five years of age to see how they worked. He never grew out of that core interest - to know how things work. He took an early interest in computer programming, figuring out how to get past security to be able to play games on his dads computer. Hes still that feisty nerd, but at least now he gets paid to do it. Aaron works for Automattic (WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, SimpleNote) as a Mobile Lead primarily on the WooCommerce mobile apps. Find Aaron on Twitter as @astralbodies or at his blog at https://aaron.blog.

Vicki Wenderlich is the designer and artist of the cover of this book. She is Rays wife and business partner. She is a digital artist who creates illustrations, game art and a lot of other art or design work for the tutorials and books on raywenderlich.com. When shes not making art, she loves hiking, a good glass of wine and attempting to create the perfect cheese plate.

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