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Why use version control?
Short answer. It records every change and lets you go back to any version.
Which tool is free and popular?
Git.
Version control
| Records every change |
| Shows who changed what, and why |
| Go back to any old version |
| Git is free and most popular |
Remember
| No more copies named final |
| History is saved for you |
Files named final, final two, real final? Version control is better. It records every change. It shows who changed what, and why. You can go back to any version. Git is free and popular. No more final copies. History is saved.
This clip is from the full lesson: Sharing Your Code: Version Control Basics — 8 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: Programming All levels Python
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