VCS

Question 1

VCS

Answer 1

• Version Control System
• keeps a detailed history of all your changes when you use them in your projects
• makes it easy to collaborate with other people on a project

Question 2

Cowboy Coder

Answer 2

• A programmer with little regard for best practices

Question 3

repository

Answer 3

• a collection of commits describing the changes to the project while it’s being worked on

Question 4

commit

Answer 4

• the act of telling your VCS that a version is finished

Question 5

Distributed Control System and advantages

Answer 5

• there is no “central” repository for any given project; everyone has their own copy of the project repository that they can work with directly
• no network connection is required to make commits on the project
• most operations can be performed quickly because the repository worked on is directly on the local computer
• there isn’t a single point of failure that might cause loss of project history

Question 6

2 Git command categories

Answer 6

• “plumbing” = the powerful, lower-level commands that do a lot of the heavy lifting
• “porcelain” = the higher-level commands that make normal interaction with Git friendly