To understand Git and the concept of version control, looking at version control from an historical perspective is helpful. There have been three generations of version control software. The first ...

Version control is critical for managing changes to source code over time. Tools that manage changes to source code, programs, documents, or other collections of information are known by a variety of ...

Linus Torvalds developed the Git version control system to manage the Linux kernel project, but it’s useful in a wide array of projects, large and small. PeepCode’s Git screencast helps you get ...

Here at ProfHacker we’ve written a lot about backups, but never about version control. In fact, when I recently wrote “A Few Ways to Back Up Your Website”, I ...

Working remotely, I often switch between a desktop computer at home and a laptop when I’m out and about. That’s as simple as it gets; in theory, I could work anywhere, on any computer, with just a few ...

What if the very tool you rely on every day—Git—was holding you back? For all its ubiquity, Git isn’t without flaws: rigid branching structures, frustrating rebases, and the occasional merge conflict ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Git is, without any doubt, the most popular version control system. Ironically, there are other ...

Where Git fits in your distributed version control system tool belt Follow these Git commit message guidelines Where system, global and local Windows Git config files are saved How Atomist's Rod ...