LXer: Git Quick Start Guide
 

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If you have any experience with programming or just altering configfiles, I'm sure you've been dumbstruck by how one change you've made alongthe line affects the whole project. Identifying and isolating the problemwithout a version control system is often time- and energy-intensive,involving retracing your steps and checking all changes made before theunwanted behavior first occurred. A version control system is designedexplicitly to make that process easier and provide readable comparisons betweenversions of text.

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