AI engineering glossary · Command line Git

What is git?

Git: The most widely used distributed version control system. Every developer holds a full copy of a project's history locally, so most operations work offline and are fast. Git stores snapshots of files and supports cheap branching and merging.

Level: beginnerTopic: Command line Git

Git: an example

git init in a folder starts tracking it, and git log shows its history.

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Where you learn it

Git is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.

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