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Introduction
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- A very brief history of version control and Git
- Getting and setting up Visual Studio 2019, GitHub Desktop, and your terminal
- Getting and installing Git
- Configuring Git for Visual Studio, GitHub Desktop, and GitHub at the command line
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About this book
"Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end, then stop." – Alice in Wonderland
In this book, we will cover Git from the very beginning all the way through to advanced topics. No experience with Git is expected. Though if you have been using Git, you'll probably want to skim the initial chapters. Git is arguably the most popular version control system in the world, but ...
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