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B. JohnsonEssential Visual Studio 2019https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5719-7_5

5. Using Git in Visual Studio 2019

Bruce Johnson1 
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ObjectSharp Consulting, Toronto, ON, Canada
 

Modern development without using some form of source control is unthinkable. And while there are a number of options available, such as Subversion, Mercurial, and CVS (Concurrent Versions System), a cursory look at the popularity of the different products that are available, Git seems to have the advantage. Depending on how you count different things, GitHub (the most popular site for hosting Git repositories) would seem to be as much as seven times more popular than the next hosting site. And even accounting for variances in counting, it’s pretty safe ...

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