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Pragmatic Guide to Git
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Pragmatic Guide to Git

by Travis Swicegood
November 2010
Beginner content levelBeginner
160 pages
2h 50m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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How Git Is Different

Git is a bit different from traditional version control systems. If you’re coming to Git from another centralized system, this section explains some of the differences and gets you thinking in Git style.

Distributed vs. Centralized

There are generally two models in version control systems: centralized and distributed. Tools such as Subversion typically require a network connection to a centralized server. You make a change to your project and then commit that change, which is sent to the centralized server to track. Other developers can then immediately access your changes.

Distributed version control systems, such as Git, break the process of committing code and sharing it with others into two parts. You can commit your ...

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