Git

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well for probably the first time in my life

i’m actually glad i have a stupid memory, cos remembering all the new GIT stuff will be something that i’ll be good at (once i figure it all out)

:smiley:

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Git?

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Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.
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GIT is best thought of as a replacement to the crappy stuff like Mercurial, Bizaar, Subversion, however, it uses a fraction of the space & resources of other visioning system that currently exist

yes it is hard to use & understand but compared to Subversion (b1tch of the SVN world) it is easier to use & understand (even though i don’t understand it yet, i wanna fully understand it)

BTW: it basically takes care of Source Code & stuff making sure everyone writing new source code is working on the latest version, & it also keeps all previous versions of the code (in case you :swear: it up, you can go back to the previous version)

Edit: have a look here

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ah yes, i’ve been using it for some months now, better than svn for sure!

would have made more sense in the web development forum :slight_smile:

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glad you agree

sorry, i just put it in general chat cos it was OT, but when queried i felt compelled to explain

Edit: move it if you want

Edit: what advise could you give to someone in my position / someone starting with GIT ?

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If you familiar with svn, try SVNHub it has a great guide.

Try github.com for repo hosting (have to pay for private repos unless you want to setup your own git server)

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:beer: thankies, looks like that will keep me busy for a while

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[ot] I have no idea what you guys are chatting about but with something you can call a git server - i am compelled to look into it :slight_smile: [/ot]

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[ot]well GIT is very compex, and it is better than subversion perhaps the GIT user manual may help you

BTW: hold tight to something as you learn, trust me!. It is actually a version control system (ensuring the (usually) latest source code is being written)[/ot]

Edit: :beer: good luck