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Collaborate with shared repositories

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- [Instructor] At this point we've seen some examples with Git Commands and Visual Studio. In this chapter we'll explore some of the Git Concepts and learn more about the command names and what actions they perform. Git is a distributed version control system that works well for teams or individuals. In this video I'll explore the concepts of collaboration. This provides a foundation for the discussion of forks and clones later in the course. We'll start with the simplest scenario. One person who wants the advantages of version control on their main device. In this case, create a local repository and start committing code changes into the local Git repo. At some point the individual wants to work on another computer, perhaps they have a desktop computer in their office that they use occasionally. With Git, they simply copy the project folder to the other computer. It's as simple as zipping the files from the laptop and…

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