Version Control

Introduction to the concepts of Version Control and Version Control Systems

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1. Github as a Tool for Version Control
2. Hello! I am Wisdom I write code. I teach code. I talk about code. You can find me everywhere at @itswisdomagain
3. Version Control About Version Control and Version Control Systems (VCS)
4. “ Version Control lets you track changes to a file or set of files over time so when you mess up you can easily get back to a previous working version
5. Once upon a time, We kept track of modifications to a file by using funny names ◇ report1.docx ◇ report11.docx ◇ report111.docx ◇ report final.docx
6. Now we have: VCS* * VCS - Version Control Systems
7. Benefits of Version Control Systems Organization Changes are organized into versions and every version has a description for what the changes in the version do, such as fix a bug or add a feature Collaboration 2 or more persons can work on a set of files from different PCs and synchronize their changes Blame Game Easy to find who made changes to the code that is causing problems
8. Centralized Version Control Files, versions (revisions), modification history - all stored on a server Examples Subversion, Perforce Types of Version Control Systems Distributed Version Control Every user has their own local copy of files, versions and modification history Examples Git, Mercurial
9. Git is a Version Control System. Github is a tool for working with Git repositories.
10. Let’s take a selfie
11. Thanks! Any questions? You can find me at: ◇ @itswisdomagain ◇ wisdom@rudigo.co