Welcome to the Version Control Book, a resource initially created in the context of a course on version control at Universität Hamburg in 2023/2024.
The Version Control Book aims to summarize all the relevant course contents for the students, effectively serving as a textbook for this course. The book also aims to serve as an open-source learning resource for everyone, with a particular emphasis on providing guidance for researchers learning version control using Git and GitHub. This is a living resource on why and - more importantly - how to use Git. The rendered version is at https://lennartwittkuhn.com/version-control-book/ and is under constant development.
Contributions in any form - pull requests, issues, content requests, ideas, etc. - are always welcome. If you are using the book and find that something does not work, please let us know. You can find out more on how to contribute here, and a list of all contributors so far below. Before contributing, please read the guidelines for contributions on how to get involved. To maintain consistency and readability, we follow a style guide. Please refer to the Style Guide for details on formatting, coding standards, and other conventions. We appreciate your contributions and look forward to building a comprehensive and valuable resource on version control!
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