Chapter 2. Remote Git
This chapter covers
- Downloading a remote repository
- Sending changes to and receiving changes from a remote repository
- Creating and receiving branches
- Merging commits from one branch to another
As you learned in technique 1, it’s possible to work entirely with Git as a local version control system and never share changes with others. Usually, however, if you’re using a version control system, you’ll want to share changes: from simply sending files to a remote server for backup to collaborating as part of a large development team. Team collaboration also requires knowledge of how to create and interact with branches for working on different features in parallel. Let’s start by adding a remote repository.
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