On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 04:32:33PM -0700, Dani Traphagen wrote:
> I think this is a great definition for a non-novice
> group. Introducing the graph ideology before showing it visually
> would confuse, imho.

I see no reason not to show a picture of a branch graph before talking
about why branches are useful ;).  There are lots of CC-BY-NC-SA
graphics in Pro Git [1], but since this repo is CC-BY, you'll probably
have to roll your own graphics.  I've found gitg to make pretty
pictures [2].

[1]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging
[2]: https://github.com/swcarpentry/bc/issues/117#issuecomment-27593213