{"id":753,"date":"2019-09-04T11:49:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T10:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easydeploy.io\/blog\/?p=753"},"modified":"2019-09-04T11:55:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T10:55:44","slug":"installation-and-configuration-of-git-in-linux-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easydeploy.io\/blog\/installation-and-configuration-of-git-in-linux-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation and Configuration of Git in Linux System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Git<\/a> is a<\/span>n Open Source Version Control System developed by Linus Torvalds, the legend, who developed the Linux operating system kernel in the year 2005. Git is a tool that handles and manages the development project\u2019s source code history with both speed and efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this article, I’ll share my knowledge and experience with you to understand Git tool, how to set up a Github account, and steps for the installation and configuration of Git in Linux System. So, let’s start with how does the Git work!<\/p>\n

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How does Git Work?<\/h2>\n

Git is a <\/span>control system<\/b> which is used as a <\/span>content tracker,<\/b> which means it is used to store the source codes of the same project developed by different developers. The <\/span>source code<\/b> stored in Git keeps on changing as many developers work on the project parallelly, the Git\u2019s version control system enables us to <\/span>manage the different versions <\/b>of the code.<\/span><\/p>\n

Git has <\/span>two repositories<\/b> – one is stored in a <\/span>central server<\/b> and another one in the <\/span>developer\u2019s machine<\/b>. It\u2019s a distributed version control system since the code is present in every developer\u2019s system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Live projects have <\/span>multiple developers<\/b> working in <\/span>parallel<\/b> so a version control system like Git is necessary to ensure that there are no code conflicts between the developers. If a developer wants to make changes to a project he needs to <\/span>copy the whole repository <\/b>to his system called<\/span> forking.<\/b> And then the changes made by him are replicated to the central server\u2019s repository. <\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>central server\u2019s<\/b> repository is maintained in <\/span>GitHub<\/b> which is an <\/span>online service<\/b> which stores the codes pushed by the developers by Git. The repositories stored in the Github can be <\/span>Cloned<\/b> to any local system and the changes made by other developers can be pushed to the Github. <\/span><\/p>\n

If needed, these changes are <\/span>merged<\/b> to the source codes which are present in other Github branches. Then he needs to send a <\/span>Pull Request <\/b>notification to the original owner. The owner, in turn, will review the codes and then, once he is satisfied, he will <\/span>merge<\/b> the changes to the repo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Advantages of Using Git and GitHub<\/h3>\n