Git Introduction, Installation(Windows) and Configuration

A Brief History of Version Control

 

1. First Generation

 

2. Second Generation

VSS: Visual Source Safe

SVN: Subversion

TFS: Team Fundation Server

 

3. Third Generation

 

Advantages of DVCS

DVCS: Distributed Version Control System

 

About Git

 

Installing Git on Windows

msysGit (http://msysgit.github.io/)

 

git --version

 

Configuring Git

3 different levels of configuration

1. system(- -system)

2. user(- -global)

3. repository()

 

core.autocrlf

1. true: Windows but has cross-platform project

2. false: Windows and NO cross-platform project

3. input: Mac or Linux

 

Repository Level config

Priority: Repository >> User >> System

User Level overwite System Level, Repository Level overwite User Level