Git

• Git is a source code management system.

• It is distributed, fast, reliable, and scalable.

• It uses (SHA-1) cryptographic checksums extensively.

• It supports rapid and convenient branching and merging.

• It is structured as a collection of many small tools.

• Linus Torvalds wrote it and uses it for the Linux kernel.

Links:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28software%29

• http://git.or.cz/

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/tutorial.html

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8
  (video - Linus Torvalds' Google Tech Talk)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dhZ9BXQgc4
  (video - Randal Schwartz)

• http://peepcode.com/products/git
  (video - PeepCode screencast)

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