You're already using source control for managing your code, right? You might even be using your SCM as the central piece of your workflow, like we do at New...

Installation Git is available on all major platforms. The instructions below will walk you through installation on Windows, but it's always best to consult...

Maintaining a series of "safe" revisions of a project is the core function of any version control system. Git accomplishes this by recording snapshots of a...

The whole point of maintaining "safe" copies of a software project is peace of mind: should your project suddenly break, you'll know that you have easy...

Branches multiply the basic functionality offered by commits by allowing users to fork their history. Creating a new branch is akin to requesting a new...

Simply put, a remote repository is one that is not your own. It could be on a central server, another developer's personal computer, or even your file...

Each Git repository contains four components: The working directory The staging area Committed history Development branches

If you're not using a PaaS, like Heroku or Pagoda Box, it's possible that you're still manually copying files to your server, via FTP. We don't recommend...

If you've got a plug-in hosted on the WordPress repository then you'll be fairly familiar with SVN and some of its commands. In this tutorial I'll show you...

In this lesson, we'll focus on workflow. More specifically, we'll use the helpful GitHub service hooks to automatically update a project on our personal...

Newly available in Public Beta (currently), Git Tower is a Mac app, built in Cocoa, that provides a GUI for working with the Git version control system....

So you've read the tutorials, and still can't manage to figure out this stuff? What is Git - and why do we even need it? If you fall into this category,...