Version Control

Overview

Git is a version control system. It helps track changes to your code. It also allows you to collaborate easily on shared or team projects or even contribute to open source projects.

It maybe a bit overkill when you first start but it definitely helps you start integrating this workflow into your projects. Its kind of like Time Machine for your coding projects.

Installing Git

First lets check you have Git installed.

git --version

If you don't see a version number run the following command. We'll be using homebrew here to manage our Git install.

brew install git

Once its installed confirm the installations

git --version

Conclusion

Version Control is essential when working with a team or collaborating with others. It's something that all developers should be using when developing their projects.