Chapter 38: Source code management with git

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks 2026 Book chapter

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Authors: Victor L. Eijkhout
DOI: 10.1137/1.9781611978612.ch38
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Abstract

In this tutorial you will learn git, the currently most popular version control (also source code control or revision control) system. Other similar systems are Mercurial and Microsoft Sharepoint. Earlier systems were SCCS, CVS, Subversion, and Bitkeeper.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Software Engineering Research Open Source Software Innovations

Publication details

Journal / source
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks
Pages
385–401
Publication date
19 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter