What is Git?
Git is a Version Control System (VCS). A VCS is a tool to manage changes to a set of files. It allows developers to track changes in their code as they work on it and concurrently collaborate with other developers as well. Some word processing systems, such as Google Docs, have similar functionality (e.g. previous versions of a document can be easily restored). This helps prevent the typical problem of having many copies of the same project (you know, “version1”, “version2”, … , “versionfinal”, “versionfinal_forreal”, etc.).
