Git for Windows – Source Code Management by Linus Torvalds – Chapter 0 – Summary
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Jonathan in Git for Windows users
GIT is an open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
Every GIT clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy to do.
One of the key differences with GIT, as opposed to other version control systems, is that you can “clone” an entire repository onto your computer with very little effort and make changes on your computer, test them, etc. and then “push” them back to the central repository. In fact, a central repository is not necessary in all cases; you can create repositories on your own computer.
Okay – I’ll explain more as I go along; let’s get started with installing GIT on a Windows operating system: