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at Code Fellows 102 class session

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Day 03 “Revisions and the Cloud”

VERSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND GIT

Version Control is a system that allows you to revisit various versions of a file or set of files by recording changes.

VCS - Version Control System;
CVCS - Centralized VCS;
DVCS - Distributed VCS.

Git is a DVCS that stores data in a file system made up of snapshots. Each time you save a changed version of your project — called commit — Git creates a snapshot of the file and stores a reference to it.

HOW TO SET UP YOUR PROJECT THROUGH GIT

git clone URL (clone button on GitHub) - you should only do it once for evety project;
git status - if filename is red, then it needs to be updated;
git add --all (or filename);
git status - file name(s) should be green now;
git commit -m "message that makes some sense to you";
git push origin master;
if there were some changes made on GitHub, you’ll have to do git pull origin master first to download your files.

There are three ways to get more information on a particular command, by accessing the manual:

git help command
git command --help
man git-command

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