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==== Summary

This section has covered a number of common workflows for dealing with several very different types of Git projects you're likely to encounter, and introduced a couple of new tools to help you manage this process.
In this section, we covered multiple workflows, and talked about the differences between working as part of a small team on closed-source projects vs contributing to a big public project.
You know to check for white-space errors before committing, and can write a great commit message.
You learned how to format patches, and e-mail them to a developer mailing list.
Dealing with merges was also covered in the context of the different workflows.
You are now well prepared to collaborate on any project.

Next, you'll see how to work the other side of the coin: maintaining a Git project.
You'll learn how to be a benevolent dictator or integration manager.