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Learn Android Studio: Build Android Apps Quickly and Effectively
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Learn Android Studio: Build Android Apps Quickly and Effectively

by Adam Gerber, Clifton Craig
May 2015
Beginner to intermediate
484 pages
11h 47m
English
Apress
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Chapter    7

Introducing Git

The Git version control system (VCS) is fast becoming the de facto standard, not only in Android application development, but for software programming in general. Unlike earlier version control systems that require the use of a central server, Git is distributed, which means that each copy of the repository contains the entire history of the project, and no contributor is privileged. Git was developed by Linus Torvalds of Linux fame in order to manage the development of the Linux operating system. Like the open source movement itself, Git is systemically nonhierarchical and encourages collaboration.

While Git offers a wealth of features from the command line, this chapter focuses primarily on using Git from within ...

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