How to Install Git and Setup Git Account in RHEL, CentOS and Fedora | Linux Today

How to Install Git and Setup Git Account in RHEL, CentOS and Fedora

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Aaron Kili
Oct 19, 2016

For newbies, Git is a free and open source, fast and distributed version control system (VCS), which by design is based on speed, efficient performance and data integrity to support small-scale to extensive software development projects. Git is a software repository that allows you to keep a track of your software changes, revert to previous version and create another versions of files and directories.

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