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Re:Git in layman's terms: isomorphic contours in source-code... by samratjp on Thursday December 16, 2010 @05:49PM (#2014187)
The best analogy I've used in explaining Git to my non-tech friends is that "it's like kind of like photoshop layers"

It's definitely not complete but gets them to appreciate it.

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Re:Git in layman's terms: isomorphic contours in source-code... by xlorm on Friday December 17, 2010 @12:37AM (#2015341)
I liked this conceptual introduction: http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/technical/git/
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