Using Git as your SCM

There have been many version control systems used in corporate environments. They usually required a centralized server and developers would develop code and check in the code when the code was complete. Examples include Subversion and Team Foundation Server (now called Azure DevOps server). Often, the check-in happened after various deployments have already occurred. Even with more rigid procedures of code check-ins, having a centralized server could lead to a loss of agility if the version control server was down.

In 2005, Linus Torvalds authored Git to support the mass Linux open source community after their version control system became commercialized. Given that the open source community was distributed, a version control system that was fully distributed, simple in design, and allowed parallel branches was needed. And thus, Git became a reality.

Git is very powerful and has many options. You'll be introduced to the features that we will be using...