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Mastering GitLab 12
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Mastering GitLab 12

by Joost Evertse
August 2019
Beginner
608 pages
16h 7m
English
Packt Publishing
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The difference between SVN and Git

Like CVS, the biggest difference between Git and SVN is that SVN follows a centralized architecture, while Git uses a distributed network. There is one SVN server, and as a client you communicate your changes with it. This in different to Git, where there can be many local copies, and one copy can reside on a central server. This architecture is depicted as follows:

With Git, there are several options to choose from regarding protocol and network settings. Most importantly, you have the choice to communicate with remotes over SSH or HTTP. Using SSH, you wrap Git commands, possibly using certificate authentication, ...

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