Git- Distributed Version Control System

What is Git

• Git is a Distributed Version Control System (DVCS) . It can track changes to a file and allows you to revert back to any particular change.

• This post will help beginners learn the basic functionality of Git version control system. After completing, you will find yourself at a moderate level of expertise in using Git version control system from where you can take yourself to the next levels.

• Its distributed architecture provides many advantages over other Version Control Systems (VCS) like SVN (source and version control tool).

• One major advantage is that it does not rely on a central server to store all the versions of a project files.

Version Control System :

• Version Control System (VCS) is a software that helps software developers to work together and maintain a complete history of their work.
• Following are the types of VCS :

            - Centralized version control system (CVCS)
            - Distributed/Decentralized version control system (DVCS)

• Git falls under distributed version control system , so we will focused on it.

Advantages of Git :

• Free and open source
• Fast and small
• Implicit backup
• Security
• No need of powerful hardware
• Easier branching

Basic Git Commands ?