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Catherine Leung edited this page Mar 1, 2018 · 5 revisions

Git Vs. Github

git is a revision distributed revision control system. github provides a web interface that makes working together using git easier to do.

Revision Control systems

CVS
SVN
git
mercurial ...

There are many out there. recently git has become very popular

Git

distributed (no central server)
fast
think of it as version file system

Github

provides infrastructure for sharing repositories user management
public vs private repos
free for open source (don't open source your homework...it is against academic policy - ie considered to be cheating)
will provide free micro plan (private repos) for students (get it at education.github.com)