![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nNon-linear development<\/h2>\n
Git reflects how modern developers actually work. Unlike centralized version control systems, Git branches are cheap and easy to merge. Using feature branches is not only more reliable than directly editing production code, but it also provides organizational benefits.<\/p>\n
The feature branch workflow also allows for a continuous triaging of priorities. Features that are only partially built can sit in their own branch while more urgent featured are pushed to production.<\/p>\n
Useful redundancy<\/h2>\n
Git is a distributed version control system. Instead of a working copy, each developer gets their own local repository, complete with a full history of commits.<\/p>\n
There are a couple of benefits to this. One benefit is speed. Because of the local depository, developers don\u2019t need a network connection to create commits, inspect previous versions of a file, or perform diffs between commits.<\/p>\n
Another benefit is scalability and damage control. If someone breaks the production branch in SVN, other developers can\u2019t check in their changes until it\u2019s fixed. With Git, this kind of blocking doesn\u2019t exist. Everybody can continue going about their business in their own local repositories.<\/p>\n
Ubiquity<\/h2>\n
Git is so popular that you can basically expect that any new developers you work with will already be familiar with it. On the other hand, if you are using a different VCS, you might get resistance from developers who are used to Git.<\/p>\n
Agility<\/h2>\n
The benefits listed above encourage a development environment in which developers are encouraged to share smaller changes more frequently, rather than roll out the changes in a few big updates that happen more infrequently. More frequent releases means that customer feedback can be incorporated into the product more quickly, which, over time, can mean a dramatically improved product. Bugs can also be fixed more quickly without having to wait for the next big release \u2014 your developers can fix the bug and push the fix directly to production.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to see why Git is the definitive version control system for developers. All CanSpace hosting accounts support Git, so if you\u2019re not already using it, be sure to give it a try!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For obvious reasons, version control is one of the most important aspects in software and web development. By far the most popular version control system in use today is Git. Git was actually created by Linus Torvalds during the development of the Linux kernel in 2005. Here are just some of the key benefits of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"client_name":"","client_title":"","client_company_name":"","client_url":"","client_quote":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[135,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hosting-servers","category-website-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Version Control Systems - Getting Started with Git - Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Version Control Systems - Getting Started with Git - Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For obvious reasons, version control is one of the most important aspects in software and web development. By far the most popular version control system in use today is Git. Git was actually created by Linus Torvalds during the development of the Linux kernel in 2005. Here are just some of the key benefits of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canspace.ca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-05T01:00:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-16T04:28:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CanSpace Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@canspace_ca\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CanSpace Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"CanSpace Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6bf91c438b083753bbb7d2736141a6bb\"},\"headline\":\"Version Control Systems – Getting Started with Git\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-05T01:00:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-16T04:28:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":429,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Hosting and Servers\",\"Website Development\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/\",\"name\":\"Version Control Systems - Getting Started with Git - Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-05T01:00:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-16T04:28:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":854},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/website-development\\\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Version Control Systems – Getting Started with Git\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider\",\"description\":\"Canada's Leading Domain Registrar and Web Hosting Provider\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CanSpace Solutions\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/logolargesize.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/logolargesize.png\",\"width\":2200,\"height\":709,\"caption\":\"CanSpace Solutions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6bf91c438b083753bbb7d2736141a6bb\",\"name\":\"CanSpace Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b2bb643a6826d4384e5d0aaa9b5fd33aeec14a0d6a07b042f333625711d334f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b2bb643a6826d4384e5d0aaa9b5fd33aeec14a0d6a07b042f333625711d334f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b2bb643a6826d4384e5d0aaa9b5fd33aeec14a0d6a07b042f333625711d334f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CanSpace Team\"},\"description\":\"CanSpace Solutions is Canada's leading domain name registrar and web hosting provider. Keep an eye on our blog for expert information on domain names, websites, and running a business online.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/canspace.ca\",\"https:\\\/\\\/ca.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/canspace\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/canspace_ca\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.canspace.ca\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Version Control Systems - Getting Started with Git - Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Version Control Systems - Getting Started with Git - Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider","og_description":"For obvious reasons, version control is one of the most important aspects in software and web development. By far the most popular version control system in use today is Git. Git was actually created by Linus Torvalds during the development of the Linux kernel in 2005. Here are just some of the key benefits of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/","og_site_name":"Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canspace.ca","article_published_time":"2019-12-05T01:00:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-16T04:28:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":854,"url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"CanSpace Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@canspace_ca","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CanSpace Team","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/"},"author":{"name":"CanSpace Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6bf91c438b083753bbb7d2736141a6bb"},"headline":"Version Control Systems – Getting Started with Git","datePublished":"2019-12-05T01:00:25+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-16T04:28:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/"},"wordCount":429,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg","articleSection":["Hosting and Servers","Website Development"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/","url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/","name":"Version Control Systems - Getting Started with Git - Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-12-05T01:00:25+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-16T04:28:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/canspace-version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git-55-featured-image-1.jpg","width":1280,"height":854},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/website-development\/version-control-systems-getting-started-with-git\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Version Control Systems – Getting Started with Git"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/","name":"Canada's Leading Web Hosting and Domain Name Provider","description":"Canada's Leading Domain Registrar and Web Hosting Provider","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/#organization","name":"CanSpace Solutions","url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/logolargesize.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/logolargesize.png","width":2200,"height":709,"caption":"CanSpace Solutions"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6bf91c438b083753bbb7d2736141a6bb","name":"CanSpace Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b2bb643a6826d4384e5d0aaa9b5fd33aeec14a0d6a07b042f333625711d334f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b2bb643a6826d4384e5d0aaa9b5fd33aeec14a0d6a07b042f333625711d334f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b2bb643a6826d4384e5d0aaa9b5fd33aeec14a0d6a07b042f333625711d334f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CanSpace Team"},"description":"CanSpace Solutions is Canada's leading domain name registrar and web hosting provider. Keep an eye on our blog for expert information on domain names, websites, and running a business online.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.canspace.ca","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/canspace.ca","https:\/\/ca.linkedin.com\/company\/canspace","https:\/\/x.com\/canspace_ca"],"url":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions\/2988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canspace.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}