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 ...

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A lot of non-coders and people unfamiliar with the app development scene often confuse Git and GitHub, but only the latter is ...

Using Inductive Automation’s Ignition software as an example, I explain how Git transforms automation development by tracking every change in Ignition 8.3 and PLC projects, ...

In 2005, after just two weeks, Linus Torvalds completed the first version of Git, an open-source version control system. Unlike typical centralized systems, Git is based on a distributed model. It is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Integrating Git version control with validation systems automates medical device software traceability, ensuring instant ...

The road to product release is forked, twisted, and winding — anything but straight. That’s because modern product development is increasingly multidisciplinary, rapid, iterative, and geographically ...

What’s the difference between Git and GitLab? The key difference between Git and GitLab is that Git is a free, open source version control tool that developers install locally on their machines, while ...