Simply put, Git is a powerful, open source version control software, which allows multiple people to work on a project, and different versions of that project, without interfering with each other. Yes, there are other version control systems out there, but Git is by far the most popular for developers (and for good reason) and with this free ebook, you’ll learn about everything Git can do. With Git (among other things), you can: Work on multiple versions of the same project Backtrack through, and compare, different versions of your projects Have multiple developers working on a single project Track which developers made which changes And, as Git is a distributed version control system, each developer working on the project has a complete copy of everything.