developerWorks: Manage Source Code Using Git
Aug 30, 2006, 04:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Eli M. Dow)
"To be an effective software developer in any modern software
development project, you must be able to develop concurrently with
other project contributors. Source code management (SCM) systems
are not a new idea. Many attempts have been made to write software
that allows future software projects to be developed faster and
easier. Most modern source code management solutions include
revision control systems to allow retractions of source code
changes that turn out to be detrimental to the project, or to
simply track who changed what lines of code. Revision control
systems attempt to address the problem posed by developers trying
to alter a file simultaneously, preventing users from overwriting
each others' alterations. Many of the currently popular solutions
for source code management try to address failures in previous SCM
solutions..."
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