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Git, is a version control system that allows you to make commits locally that don't bother anyone else's system. So you can work on your feature locally for a week or so, committing every couple of hours as you make progress, and once its finished and tested, you can then push it to a remote/central server. Thats what distributed means.
Git Resources
A list of some possibly useful external Git resources:
- Intro to Git for those who know SVN: http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html
- Fedora Developers' list of useful Git Resources: Git Resources
- Fedora Developers' Best Practices (not all are Fedora specific): Git Guidelines and Best Practices
- Fedora Developers' Git Quick Start Guide: Git Quick Start Guide
Working on a big feature in SVN, but wanting to be able to locally commit every so often (with Git)
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