Getting Started with Git: Chapter Overview

A system that records changes to a file or set of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later.

You should understand why Git is used and why you should use it, and you should be all set up to do so.

To keep every version of an image or layout, revert selected files back to a previous state, and recover from mistakes or lost files.

<p>Reverting selected files or the entire project to a previous state, comparing changes over time, and recovering lost files.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nearly any type of file on a computer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It allows for reverting selected files back to a previous state, recovering from mistakes or lost files, and keeping every version of an image or layout.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is incredibly error prone and easy to forget which directory you're in.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>RCS (Revision Control System)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Everyone knows to a certain degree what everyone else on the project is doing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The single point of failure that the centralized server represents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There is no single point of failure and clients have the full history of the project.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Git, Mercurial</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The risk of losing everything if that single place fails or becomes corrupted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It contains all the versioned files and clients check out files from that central place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They use a simple database to keep all the changes to files under revision control.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is incredibly error prone and easy to forget which directory you're in.</p> Signup and view all the answers