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Learn how to use Git to share your Xcode projects

by Jose R. C.Cruz
Mar, 2008 Issue

Article Synopsis

CVS, Subversion, and Git let several users work the same project. Users can contribute their changes and avoid getting in each other’s way. They can retrace their steps if they make a mistake. They can also review each other’s changes with little effort. But CVS and Subversion use a central repository, at risk to data loss without a good backup plan. Git, on the other hand, supports the use of distributed repositories. Each user keeps a separate repository for the same project. They then update each other’s repositories at specific times in the project schedule. This article shows how to use Git to setup a basic distributed repository, move data between repositories, and other ways to send data updates when those repositories are not available.

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