Git is straightforward to begin with, but when you're ready, you can progress onto more advanced topics like branching, merging, conflict resolution, etc. Let's start by changing to a directory and ...

Here at ProfHacker we’ve written a lot about backups, but never about version control. In fact, when I recently wrote “A Few Ways to Back Up Your Website”, I ...

Gitless, an experimental version control system built atop Git, could make life easier for developers who find Git difficult to use. “Many people complain that Git is hard to use,” the project’s web ...

Over the past few weeks I have been taking a closer look at how to use the text hosting and version control service at Anyone who has read my postings that already has some background in using the git ...

To understand Git and the concept of version control, looking at version control from an historical perspective is helpful. There have been three generations of version control software. The first ...

Git 1.8.5.1 is now out. Git, the open source version control system designed to handle all types of projects quickly and efficiently, just reached version 1.8.5.1. Git is an open source distributed ...

Once you step foot in the note-taking landscape, you’ll be greeted with FOSS, freemium, and paid applications designed to help you record all your ideas. Whether you’re a self-hosting manic who ...

I’ve been a Subversion (SVN) user going on 9 years now. It’s been a great solution for source control throughout my career and I’ve implemented it at each stop along the way. It’s easy, reliable, and ...

What if the very tool you rely on every day—Git—was holding you back? For all its ubiquity, Git isn’t without flaws: rigid branching structures, frustrating rebases, and the occasional merge conflict ...

Microsoft announced on January 30 its roadmap for adding support for Git to its Visual Studio development-tool suite and Team Foundation app-lifecycle-management technologies. Cue flying pigs -- or ...