What is Git?

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Git is a distributed version control system used for managing files and projects of all kinds. It allows tracking changes, collaborating in teams, and easily reverting to previous versions. Thanks to its flexibility and power, Git is widely used in many areas, not just in software development.

Git and Git-based systems are the first choice for version control when collaborating on larger projects. Each user gets a copy of all project files, including the entire change history, and can make changes to the project at that point. This creates new branches in the history (called Branches), which can later be merged into a new version of the project. Git provides the necessary tools for this.

Git is free!, open-source, and works equally well on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Additionally, Git is designed to be efficient and fast, making it the first choice for version control in both academic and industrial settings.

Git stores the entire change history of all files. This makes it virtually impossible to corrupt or accidentally delete project files, as every previous state of these files is always recoverable. This is a powerful tool, especially when collaborating on projects with many files.

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