Introduction to Git
Introduction to Git
Introduction to Git.1
What is version control system?This is a very important tool in
developers daily life.It behaves like a time machine.You can commit
your code in version control system. You can also check history
from version control system about what are the changes are made in
past in your codebase.You can compare changes made to a particular
file.It works best with text based files.The most popular
areSVN,TFS, andGit
A basic introduction of version control system. A developer can
use version control system for daily common tasks with
codebase.2
Types of version control systemIn respect to developer work
flow:Checkout edit checkin processEdit merge commit
In respect to connection with version control system
server:Connected version control systemDisconnected version control
system
In respect to developer work flow, there are two types of
version control systems:
Checkout edit checkin process: You need to first checkout a file
and work with that. While you are making changes in that file,
others cannot change that file content. In that time you have a
write lock on that file. After you have done with your changes you
can checkin the file and release the lock. Then other developer can
take update and checkout the file in same manner.
Edit merge commit: No need to checkout the file first. You can
start working and making changes in the file. When you are done
with your changes and ready to commit, you need to take update and
merge other programmer changes in your file and commit the change
in the version control system. More than one programmer can work in
same file in this process. Because in this process no one take
write lock in the file and can make changes in same file at the
same time, you need to merge the other developers changes before
commit.
In respect to connection with version control system server,
there are two types:
Connected version control system: All history information are
placed in server. You have a working copy in your computer. You
need to connect to server at the time of taking update, commit,
checking history, creating branch.
Disconnected version control system: You have working copy with
full history information in your computer. You have the full
repository in your computer. You can commit, check history, create
branch while you are not connected with the server. Finally you can
connect with server and pull changes from other developer from
server, merge your changes and push your changes to server. Because
you have the full repository in your local computer, commit, check
history, branching process become very fast. All the developers has
one full repository in their computer. It is like a backup copy of
repository in all developers local computer.3
GitGit works like a distributed version control system.
Install Git in Windows:msysgit
(https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit)
Use Git in Windows:GitHub for Windows
(https://windows.github.com/)posh-git(https://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git)
Git for .NET programmers:Git from Visual Studio
(http://bit.ly/1dmluSm)
Git works like a distributed version control system. There are
many Git implementations. If you are working in Windows, you need
msysgit which is the Git implementation for Windows. Also you need
to install one command line tool to work with Git from command
line. For Windows you can install posh-git which is a Git in
Powershell.
Also you can install a GUI tool for Git like GitHub for Windows.
If you are working with Visual Studio you can work with Git from
Visual Studio. Visual Studio also have GUI tool for Git. While you
are working in Git GUI tool if you cannot find some task in that
GUI, you can use command line tool right there to complete that
task. GitHub for Windows and Visual Studio both support this.4
Git hostingYou can use any Git hosted server.
Some examples are:GitHub (https://github.com/)CodePlex
(https://www.codeplex.com/)Visual Studio Online
(http://bit.ly/1byDtVt)
You can use any Git hosted server like GitHub, CodePlex, Visual
Studio Online etc. The most popular Git hosting is GitHub. Also
Visual Studio online support Git and TSF both.5
Thank youArnab Roy ChowdhurySoftware Engineer
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