Version control systems are software tools that help software teams manage changes to source code over time. As development environments have accelerated, version control systems help software teams work faster and smarter.
- Traceability: Being able to trace every change made to the code, who made it, and why.
- Branching and Merging: Developers can work on separate features without interfering with the main code base (branching), and safely integrate their work when ready (merging).
- Collaboration: Multiple team members can work on the same project simultaneously.
git init: Initializes a new Git repository.git clone [url]: Clones a repository into a newly created directory.git add [file]: Adds file contents to the index (staging area).git commit -m "[message]": Records changes to the repository.git push: Updates remote refs along with associated objects.git pull: Fetches from and integrates with another repository or a local branch.
Version Control is considered an absolute necessity in modern software engineering.