Git

Git is a version control ("revision control") system for programmers used to track and manage changes to code. It happens to be a decentralized system, with no "master" tree, and was originally written by Linus Torvalds to manage the Linux kernel sources.

Git Commands

git-clone git://dev.laptop.org/<project-directory> (To get the code)
git-pull (To update the code)
git-status -a  (To see the status of your commits)
git-checkout -- (To undo your commits)

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Git for OLPC

OLPC GIT: http://dev.laptop.org/  (for tracking and submitting bugs and tasks)

    Wiki: http://dev.laptop.org/wiki
 Roadmap: http://dev.laptop.org/roadmap
 Sources: http://dev.laptop.org/browser
 Tickets: http://dev.laptop.org/query

Further Resources

• Download git-core or

• Read more about git on Wikipedia
• Freedesktop Git
• Using_a_central_git_tree