Basics of Version Control Systems

A talk about version control systems and why they're a lifesaver for not just programmers but virtually everyone.

Date: 18th November, 2018
Venue: Seminar Hall, Department of ECE
College of Technology, Agriculture and Engineering, Udaipur
Event: Seminar on Open Source Softwares by Wordpress Udaipur

Transcript

1. Version Control Basics Shailendra Paliwal @ziscore
2. Version Control
3. Version Control, Or REvision Control, or Source Control Version Control is a system of managing and recording changes made to files and folders.
4. Version Control, Or REvision Control, or Source Control Version Control is a system of managing and recording changes made to files and folders. renaming files is also VC but it’s awful...
5. You probably need a better Version Control System
6. - Microsoft Word - Google Drive - Dropbox …all major platforms use a form of version control. You already use it
7. - Microsoft Word - Google Drive - Dropbox …all major platforms use a form of version control. - Version control shouldn’t be just platform specific - Git is a general solution You already use it
8. Introduction to Git Git is one out of many Version Control Systems. Most widely used as well. -
9. Introduction to Git Git is one out of many Version Control Systems. Most widely used as well. - Distributed - Written by Linus Torvalds -
10. Introduction to Git Git is one out of many Version Control Systems. Most widely used as well. - Distributed - Written by Linus Torvalds - Github.com allows people to publish their git repositories on the web -- in the spirit of open source development - Gitlab.com is pretty good too
11. Git in a nutshell Git is a piece of software - Tracks changes to a file(s) - Any kind of file This helps you undo changes, if you ever mess up. And a lot more!
12. Convince me more! - A more efficient way to backup files.
13. Convince me more! - A more efficient way to backup files. - Track all changes to a file - Specially txt, md, cpp, r, py, etc
14. Convince me more! - A more efficient way to backup files. - Track all changes to a file - Specially txt, md, cpp, r, py, etc - Make different versions of the same file - To try different things, implement different features or implement same features differently, etc. - Git calls them branches
15. Convince me more! - A more efficient way to backup files. - Track all changes to a file - Specially txt, md, cpp, r, py, etc - Make different versions of the same file - To try different things, implement different features or implement same features differently, etc. - Git calls them branches - Makes collaboration easier - No more exchanging pen drives and struggling with merging
16. How does it work? Track changes file0 file1 file2
17. How does it work Branching
18. How does it work? Merging
19. How does it work? Forking
20. thanks