GIT INTRODUCTION

Git is a version control system

Git was created by Linus Torvalds in 2005 and has been maintained by Junio Hamano since then

Git is used for tracking code changes, tracking who made changes and coding collaboration

Manage projects with Repositories

Clone a project to work on a local copy

Control and track changes with Staging and Committing

Branch and Merge to allow for work on different parts and versions of a project

Pull the latest version of the project to a local copy

Push local updates to the main project

Initialize Git on a folder, making it a Repository

Git now creates a hidden folder to keep track of changes in that folder

When a file is changed, added or deleted, it is considered modified

User select the modified files they want to Stage

The Staged files are Committed, which prompts Git to store a permanent snapshot of the files

Git allows user to see the full history of every commit

User can revert back to any previous commit

Git does not store a separate copy of every file in every commit, but keeps track of changes made in each commit

Over 70% of developers use Git

Developers can work together from anywhere in the world

Developers can see the full history of the project

Developers can revert to earlier versions of a project

There are various git platforms which they makes tools that uses git

Example of git platforms are GitHub, Bitbucket, Gitlab, etc.

GitHub is the largest host of source code in the world, and has been owned by Microsoft since 2018