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Source Control in a nutshell.md

Source Control - what is it

Term Definition
Source A written recipe (programming code) and ingredients (data resources) from which an app is built.
Version Source Control A way to keep track of all the changes you make and easily go back to any previous version if you make a mistake.
Git A version source control system that distributes a full copy to each developer. Originally created to manage the Linux project.
GitHub One commercial provider of a Git service. Backed by Microsoft.
Repository Storage for all the different versions of your project's files.
Local Stored on your computer
Remote Stored on a server system
Commit Write changes to local (on-computer) repository, including a description of the change.
Pull Merges changes from a repository on a remote server system to a local repository on your computer.
Push Merges changes from a local repository on your computer to a repository on a remote server system.
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