Source Control in a nutshell.md

Source Control - what is it

Term	Definition
Source	A written recipe (programming code) and ingredients (data resources) from which an app is built.
Version Source Control	A way to keep track of all the changes you make and easily go back to any previous version if you make a mistake.
Git	A version source control system that distributes a full copy to each developer. Originally created to manage the Linux project.
GitHub	One commercial provider of a Git service. Backed by Microsoft.
Repository	Storage for all the different versions of your project's files.
Local	Stored on your computer
Remote	Stored on a server system
Commit	Write changes to local (on-computer) repository, including a description of the change.
Pull	Merges changes from a repository on a remote server system to a local repository on your computer.
Push	Merges changes from a local repository on your computer to a repository on a remote server system.