Using the version control system

Introduction

This section contains information about the main concepts of version control and basic information on how to use Git, the version control system selected for source-code and technical documentation management.

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References

• On Version Control
  • Introduction
  • Storyboard #1 - The basic workflow
  • Storyboard #2 - Using branches to manage the document translation process
  • Glossary
• Version Control using Git
  • Before you start
  • Git CheatSheet
  • Visual Git Cheatsheet
  • How to…
• Setting up an online Git Repository
  • Using Bitbucket
  • Using GitHub
  • Using Dropbox
• Set up SSH for Git
  • Step 1. Check if you have existing default Identity
  • Step 2. Set up your default identity
  • Step 3. Create a SSH config file
  • Step 4. Update your .bashrc profile file
  • Step 5. Install the public key on your Bitbucket|Github account
  • Step 6. Configure your repository to use the SSH protocol