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Git is a distributed version control system. It is designed to be fast, simple and powerful. It was created by [[Linus Torvalds]], after the authors of BitKeeper fucked them over, and is used to track the source code of the [[GNU/Linux|Linux]] kernel as well as its own source code. For a colourful and interesting talk about the creation of Git by Torvalds himself, check out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 this video].
 
Git is a distributed version control system. It is designed to be fast, simple and powerful. It was created by [[Linus Torvalds]], after the authors of BitKeeper fucked them over, and is used to track the source code of the [[GNU/Linux|Linux]] kernel as well as its own source code. For a colourful and interesting talk about the creation of Git by Torvalds himself, check out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 this video].
  
Git is one of the most popular development tools in use today. Lots of people contribute hack on code together through platforms such as GitHub and Bitbucket every day.
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Git is one of the most popular development tools in use today. Lots of people contribute hack on code together through platforms such as [https://github.com Github] and [https://bitbucket.org Bitbucket] every day.
  
=Basic Git commands=
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== Getting Started with Git ==
 
 
=== Clone the repository contents to your computer ===
 
 
 
git clone https://example.com/example.git
 
 
 
== Useful links ==
 
 
* [http://git-scm.com/ Guide on Git]
 
* [http://git-scm.com/ Guide on Git]
 
* [http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ A guide on an excellent Git workflow]
 
* [http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ A guide on an excellent Git workflow]
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== Other Git Platforms ==
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* [https://codeberg.org/ Codeberg] --  A collaboration platform providing Git hosting for free
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* [https://gitlab.com Gitlab] -- A self-hosted alternative with the company providing a free tier and the option of a few publicly hosted [https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/List_of_Community-Hosted_GitLab_Instances instances].
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* [https://about.gitea.com/ Gitea] -- Another self-hosted alternative with a free tier.
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* [https://sourcehut.org/ sourcehut] -- Another self-hosted alternative but with the free tier being limited to contributing to already existing projects.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:05, 23 October 2023

Git is a distributed version control system. It is designed to be fast, simple and powerful. It was created by Linus Torvalds, after the authors of BitKeeper fucked them over, and is used to track the source code of the Linux kernel as well as its own source code. For a colourful and interesting talk about the creation of Git by Torvalds himself, check out this video.

Git is one of the most popular development tools in use today. Lots of people contribute hack on code together through platforms such as Github and Bitbucket every day.

Getting Started with Git

Other Git Platforms

  • Codeberg -- A collaboration platform providing Git hosting for free
  • Gitlab -- A self-hosted alternative with the company providing a free tier and the option of a few publicly hosted instances.
  • Gitea -- Another self-hosted alternative with a free tier.
  • sourcehut -- Another self-hosted alternative but with the free tier being limited to contributing to already existing projects.