Version control is critical for managing changes to source code over time. Tools that manage changes to source code, programs, documents, or other collections of information are known by a variety of ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's senseless for programmers to overlook this fundamental tool.

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 ...

Challenges arise when adapting elements of open-source software platforms for hardware collaborations. This article looks at the most common systems, and suggests improvements. When working in any ...

DevOps, defined as the combination of software development and IT operations, has been used by engineers for over 15 years as a way to increase an organization’s ability to deliver applications and ...

Linus Torvalds developed the Git version control system to manage the Linux kernel project, but it’s useful in a wide array of projects, large and small. PeepCode’s Git screencast helps you get ...

The latest version of Linus Torvalds' Git version-control system brings experimental support for the SHA-256 cryptographic hash, moving it away from its reliance on the less safe SHA-1. Google and ...

Planning ahead was a smart move in retrospect.