Description:

This book uses practical examples to explain version control with both centralized and decentralized systems. Topics covered include:

• Basic version control commands and concepts
• Introduction to Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS)
• Advanced branching workflows
• Strengths and weaknesses of DVCS vs. centralized tools
• Best practices
• How distributed version control works under the hood

Featuring these open source version control tools:

• Apache Subversion
• Mercurial
• Git
• Veracity

You can download a free electronic version of this book at ericsink.com/vcbe/index.html.

We will occasionally give away free printed versions at ericsink.com/entries/vcbe_print_edition_free.html when we have copies available.

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