What I've learnt so far using git for the first time in a major project.

Git commit Suicide

Git commit -m "suicide"
#sorry

Google "Hitler uses git":))
Seriously though, its hairy and scary at first, but when you learn how to use it... Look for a good tutorial, the official doc is pretty cryptic

Once you get a workflow down, it makes your life so much easier. Maybe try using a visual version, like SourceTree at first to get used to the flow? I used to use the gitk command all the time when I first had to work with many branches.

@RubyTuesday That may be the very best high-level overview of git that I have ever seen.

Oh god i know the feeling OP

I screwed things up a couple of times at the office when i joined as a junior dev with no git exp.

Once i merged something to master by accident, i have no idea what i did now why didnt anybody spot it, a few months later a lot of weird shit started to happen, fixes would seem to have reverted , bugs came back, some bugs vanished again before you could fix em or even replicate them, the problem was getting exponentially worse as we kept on working

In the end a senior dev sorted it out and threw an orange at me