"Git" is a very control program that was built to organize and protocol the writing of software. But because software code is just text, git also serves very well to document the writing of any other kind of text.
| state 1 | state 2 | "diff" | hello what's cooking on the stove |
hello what's going on |
diff --git a/text1.txt b/text1.txt index 67da562..00d00ad 100644 --- a/text1.txt +++ b/text1.txt @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ hello what's -cooking +going on -the -stove |
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The "diff" on the right documents which lines changed
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@what changed and how
-cooking +going"cooking" was remmoved(-), "going" was added(+), "the"(-) and "stove"(-) was removed there is a chronological log of what was done to the document and by whom, including a the "demo" message, a description of circumstances:
git log
commit 1702d6383f7cfba1a6c084151b227abb471c1aa4 (HEAD -> master)
Author: max my@email.com
Date: Fri Sep 20 09:03:54 2024 +0200
demo
and it can be revealed who wrote which line, when and which "commit id" it is in the log.
git blame text1.txt ^1702d63 (max 2024-09-20 09:03:54 +0200 1) hello ^1702d63 (max 2024-09-20 09:03:54 +0200 2) what's 00000000 (Not Committed Yet 2024-09-20 09:26:38 +0200 3) going ^1702d63 (max 2024-09-20 09:03:54 +0200 4) on