What is Git? Git is like an epic save button for all your code, files and directories. In fancy language it’s also called a version control system.
Why is the save so epic? Well, a “normal” save, for example in a word file, records all of the words in that file at the moment you hit the save button. You are only ever given one record of the file, such as essay.doc, unless you make duplicate copies (which is difficult to remember to do and keep track of).
However, a save in Git records differences in the files and folders AND keeps a historical record of each save. This let’s you review how your project grows and easily go back to any state from the past.
If you connect it to a network, such as GitHub, it allows for collaboration among work colleagues, open-source projects and showcases your skills to the world!
We encourage you to sign up to github and download git as well as check out this for the ultimate git crash course.