Suppose your company decides to change its code-hosting provider or you wish to move your own Git repository to a different host. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens. When I had to move a number of Git projects to a new host, it took me quite some time to find an accurate method.
Having made many attempts, and a couple of fails, and carefully reading Git’s documentation, I found a... Read More
In the first part of this series, I introduced you to the Git version control system. We looked at the history of the project, highlighted well-known open-source projects that use it (Ruby on Rails, jQuery and the Linux kernel), discussed its key features and went over a very basic workflow scenario. In this second part, we’ll go into more detail and get our hands dirty with a look at a... Read More
The benefits of using a "version control system" are many. It can improve software quality, facilitate collaboration and even help you become a better developer or designer. In this three-part series I will introduce you to the increasingly popular Git version control system. I'll discuss the main benefits and features of Git and finally demonstrate how to integrate it into your workflow.
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Subversion is a version control system that many Web developers and designers use to back up their work. Subversion was started in 2000 and is quite popular in the open-source community; major repositories such as Google Code use it to distribute source code.
While other version control systems, like Git, have become quite popular among developers, Subversion (SVN) is still considered... Read More
