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glossary:glossary_g [2021/08/08 04:48] – updated the wikipedia link Wayneglossary:glossary_g [2022/03/24 20:13] (current) – [GIT repository] Logically separate the tool from repositories chrisridd
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-GIT is one of group of publicly accessible repositories for software, firmware, and documentation which implement 'versioning' Versioning keeps track of changes to files and let'one follow those changes, revert to previous versions, and create branches so that varieties of the code can be made, and also merge branches back into the main branch +Git is a popular version control system primarily used for managing software source codebut is also used for managing firmware, documentation... Versioning keeps track of changes to files and lets one follow those changes, revert to previous versions, create branches so that varieties of the code can be made, and also merge branches together again.
  
-Wiki entry: [[wp>Git_%28software%29|GIT Software]]+Git works using repositories, which can be entirely local on your computer, **or** linked to remote repositories on sites such as [[https://github.com|GitHub]], Gitlab, [[https://sourceforge.net|SourceForge]], and many others. [[https://github.com/MERG-DEV|MERG]] and [[https://github.com/JMRI|JMRI]] both use GitHub. Linking to remote repositories allows changes to be shared.
  
-SourceForge is another such web based versioning repository and should be familiar to MERG members as the home of JMRI: [[http://jmri.sourceforge.net]]+Wiki entry: [[wp>Git|Git Software]]
  
-The most popular web based Git repository is currently GitHub [[https://github.com]]; although there are plenty of other web, intranet and local based Git applications to choose from. +[[http://recomparison.com/comparisons/101554/sourceforge-vs-github/|Comparison between SourceForge and GitHub]]
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-Comparison between SourceForge vs GitHub: [[http://recomparison.com/comparisons/101554/sourceforge-vs-github/]]+
  
 To help understand how Git may be helpful to MERG here is a beginners article on GitHub: To help understand how Git may be helpful to MERG here is a beginners article on GitHub:
glossary/glossary_g.txt · Last modified: 2022/03/24 20:13 by chrisridd

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