What Is Git Software?
Git was developed by Linux creator Linus Torvalds for managing the Linux kernel source code. When I started working with git, I directly started implementing the Git commands without understanding the meaning behind them. So, it had been an arduous task for me to use git. Since then, I have been studying git in a more comprehensive way. So, this article aims to provide an overview of git along with explaining the basics of it. INTRODUCTION TO GIT : Git is open source software for maintaining version controls and non-linear workflow effectively. It is used by programmers to manage the source code and maintain it collaboratively. It snapshots the directory trees of the file so data integrity is well maintained. It is very useful in handling small as well as large projects as it has a locally stored repository. Hence it fetches data from that local repository rather than fetching it from a remote server, making it faster than many other version control systems (VCS). Git provides security...