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GIT Version Control Tool

This article contains basic commands and usage information of GIT version control tool. GIT is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Version control is a system that records changes to a file or set of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later. You can download and install GIT from https://git-scm.com/download/win. After installation, open git bash from Windows start menu. Just click on your new “Git Shell (or Bash)” Icon and type git commands in the Git “MINGW32” Terminal window. Initializing a Repository in an Existing Directory $ cd yourDirectory $ git init Start Version Control of Existing File $ git add myfile.c  //staging modified files $ git commit -m 'intial project version' $ git pull origin   //Pull the updates from repository. $ git push  //Send updates to the repository. Get a Copy of an Existing Git Repository