(Ebook) Mastering Git: A Beginner's Guide by Sufyan bin Uzayr ISBN 9781032134161, 9781032134154, 103213416X, 1032134151

(Ebook) Mastering Git: A Beginner's Guide by Sufyan bin Uzayr ISBN 9781032134161, 9781032134154, 103213416X, 1032134151

As far as software development is considered, the advent of Git has truly proven to be a milestone. If you are a software developer, you have probably heard of Git already. Its importance and functionality in the world of coding merits very high praise for a variety of reasons. 

Computers now have become very amenable machines. You can remove a significant section of the text from your work accidentally, but there is no need to panic. Simply use the Undo option and you're good. This, however, was not the case in the early days of development. Back then, developers did not have access to any such technology, and it was only one person who used to own the master copy of a work. This person would divide the code into specific parts, which would subsequently be divided between developers, who would work on their part and make their completed submissions independently of each other. This was followed by a standard check, after which the old version was completely replaced by the new version. This was a very tedious process -- unless someone were very proactive with making copies of the code, the previous versions of a file were often effectively lost. 

Thankfully, a significant breakthrough came in 1972 when developer Marc Rochkind invented the Source Code Control System (SCCS), which was the very first form of Version Control System. It was limited in terms of its functionality, could allow only one person to work on it at a time, while concurrent management had to be handled using locks. But we have come a long way since then. 

Today, Git is the single most-used VCS out there, and its influence on coding and development, in particular, the innovative use of 'branches' in order to facilitate collaboration for projects, cannot be over-emphasized. Version Control has become an indispensable part of our lives, and being familiar with the functioning of Git is s