Merge pull request #97 from progit/frontmatter

Dedication and preface updates

Author: ben

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-[preface,au="Scott Chacon"]
-== Preface
+[preface]
+== Preface by Scott Chacon
 
 Welcome to the second edition of Pro Git.
 The first edition was published over four years ago now.
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 It's been amazing to watch Git grow over the past few years from a relatively obscure version control system to basically dominating commercial and open source version control. I'm happy that Pro Git has done so well and has also been able to be one of the few technical books on the market that is both quite successful and fully open source.
 
 I hope you enjoy this updated edition of Pro Git.
+
+[preface]
+== Preface by Ben Straub
+
+The first edition of this book is what got me hooked on Git. This was my introduction to a style of making software that felt more natural than anything I had seen before. I had been a developer for several years by then, but this was the right turn that sent me down a much more interesting path than the one I was on.
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+Now, years later, I'm a contributer to a major Git implementation, I've worked for the largest Git hosting company, and I've traveled the world teaching people about Git. When Scott asked if I'd be interested in working on the second edition, I didn't even have to think.
+
+It's been a great pleasure and privilege to work on this book. I hope it helps you as much as it did me.
+
+
+[dedication]
+== Dedications
+
+_To my wife, Becky, without whom this adventure never would have begun. — Ben_
+
+_This edition is dedicated to my girls. 
+To my wife Jessica who has supported me for all of these years and to my daughter Josephine, 
+who will support me when I'm too old to know what's going on. — Scott_

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