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Getting started with Git on Linux

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Nov 1, 2016

Git is an open-source distributed version control system used by the software developers for small and large projects. It comes with very useful features and it is very easy to learn. In this tutorial we are going to show you how to install Git on a Linux VPS and explain the basics of Git so you can start using it.

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