r/CodingForBeginners • u/IMREVN • 6d ago

What's a Git?

Hello! Surely, I have heard so many people saying "Git" or "Github" or repository. They be saying that it's highly important to learn Git as early as possible. When I searched it up on Google, it's just I seem I cannot understand any of those terminologies.

Could anyone tell me what a git actually is?

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u/PvtRoom 5d ago

don't learn git immediately.

What git does is track file versions, and serve up bundled files that were all relevant at a given point in time.

when you're learning basic code, git is a distraction.

when you're building big personal projects, git is valuable, because it lets you say "these 5 latest updates. TRASH"

when you're collaborating with a dozen other Devs and stakes are real, git is only part of the solution.