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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Traditional methods like dated ZIP files and shared network drives lack the structure and accountability needed for multi-developer automation projects. Git can work as a simple change monitor ...

What if the very tool you rely on every day—Git—was holding you back? For all its ubiquity, Git isn’t without flaws: rigid branching structures, frustrating rebases, and the occasional merge conflict ...

We take a deep dive into the benefits of version control and version control systems. Learn more about versioning. Version control, also known as source control, is the practice of tracking and ...

You could say that the opposite of version control—from the perspective of internal software development—is chaos. If development teams don’t manage various ...

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 ...

Git ' celebrated its 20th anniversary since its first commit on April 7, 2025. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Git, GitHub is conducting an interview with Linus Torvalds. Git turns 20: A Q&A ...

Salesforce DevOps leader OrgFlow demonstrated the latest Git-centric release management and automation tools at Convene 22 Bishopsgate on November 20, 2025. By bridging the gap between Git and ...