With third-generation version control software, files are checked in and then they are merged. For example, let’s say two developers check out a file that is based on the third version.

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 specifically said “I’m not ...

Git is, without any doubt, the most popular version control system. Ironically, there are other version control systems easier to learn and to use, but, despite that, Git is the favorite option for ...

1 Getting started with Git Outside of installation, developers should familiarize themselves with the Git basics, such as helpful, everyday commands and some of the associated dos and don'ts. Other ...

Git is a distributed version control tool that runs locally on your computer, and that you can use to manage your project’s source history. GitHub is a cloud-based platform built around the Git ...

In fact, I’m talking about Git, the version control system. Last time I talked about how the program came to be and offered you a few tutorials.

WRONG. The difference between SVN – a centralized version control, and Git – a distributed version control, is huge. We got ourselves into trouble via false assumptions almost immediately.

Now that you’ve deployed a Git repository, it’s time to switch to Joplin and install the export2git, which not only lets you save your notes as .md files for the Git repo, but can even commit ...

JJ redefines traditional version control by replacing Git’s static branches with a branchless model. Instead of relying on named branches, Jujutsu enables you to work with anonymous branching ...

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.