TUTORIAL 1: GIT INTRODUCTION

 

Outline

·         VCS Introduction

·         What is Git?

·         Features of Git

·         Why Git?

·         What is GitHub?

·         Git vs GitHub

 

VCS INTRODUCTION

• VCS stands for version control system.
• The version control system (VCS) allows us to monitor and work together with our team members at the same workspace.
• Also known as revision control, source control, source code management system.
• It manage changes to computer programs, documents, large web sites, other collections of information, etc.
• VCS is a component of software configuration management.

Listed below are the functions of a VCS −

·         Allows developers to work simultaneously.

·         Does not allow overwriting each other’s changes.

·         Maintains a history of every version.

 

WHAT IS GIT?

• Git is a modern and widely used distributed version control system.
• Git is developed to manage projects with high speed and efficiency.
• Git is a free to use and open-source VCS.
• Git is developed to co-ordinate the work among the developers/programmers.
• Foundation of many services, like GitHub, GitLab, etc.
• Git can be used publicly and privately.
• Git is a easy to learn version control system (VCS).
• Original author: Linus Torvalds
• Initial release: 07 April, 2005
• Current stable release: v2.35.1 [29 January, 2022]
• Repository: git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
• Written in: C, Shell, Perl, TCL, etc.
• Operating system: POSIX (Linux, macOS, Solaris, AIX), Windows, etc.
• Available in: English
• Type: Version control
• License: GPL-20-only
• Official website: git-scm.com/

 

FEATURES OF GIT

·        Free and open source

·        Fast and small

·        Implicit backup

·        Security

·        No need of powerful hardware

·        Easier branching

·        Git is an open-source tool

·        Git is scalable

·        Distributed VCS

·        High speed tool

·        Supports non-linear development

·        Branching and merging are the great features of Git, which makes it different from the other SCM tools.

 

WHY GIT?

• Git Integrity
• Trendy Version Control System
• Everything is Local
• Collaborate to Public Projects
• Impress Recruiters

Source: https://www.javatpoint.com/git

 

WHAT IS GITHUB?

• GitHub is a Git repository hosting service.
• GitHub is a provider of Internet hosting for software development and version control using Git.
• GitHub offers the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git, plus its own features.
• GitHub provides access control and several collaboration features, such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, continuous integration ans wikis for every project.
• It is commonly used to host open-source projects.
• GitHub hosts the source code of our projects in the form of different programming languages and keeps track of the version changes made by the programmer.
• GitHub maintains a history of every version.
• Type of site: Collaborative version control
• Available in: Engnlish
• Founded: 8 February, 2008 [as Logical Awesome LLC]
• Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S.
• Area served: Worldwide
• Founder’s: Tom Preston-Werner

               Chris Wanstrath

               P.J. Hyett

               Scott Chacon

·         Parent: Microsoft

·         Launched: 10 April, 2008

·         Written in: Ruby, ECMAScript, C, Go

·         Official website: https://github.com/

 

GIT VS GITHUB

GIT

·         Git is also known as revision control, source control, source code management (SCM) system.

·         Git is a component of software configuration management.

·         Git is a version control system (VCS).

·         Git tracks the history of changes made by the developers.

·         As developer make changes to the project, any earlier version of the project can be recovered at any time.

GITHUB

·         GitHub is a cloud based, open-source VCS platform.

·         GitHub is used for managing computer programs/source code, documents, etc.

·         GitHub hosts Git repositories and provides developers with tools to ship better code through command-line features, issues, pull requests/code review.

·         GitHub is a platform, where we manage our projects, test projects and make changes, etc.

• GitHub offers the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) both and its own features.

 

@author: Ankur Saxena