From the course: Complete Guide to Git
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Local and remote repositories - Git Tutorial
From the course: Complete Guide to Git
Local and remote repositories
- [Instructor] In this chapter, we will learn to use remote repositories. We've been working with a local Git repository, which does not require a network connection. We can have full version control on our files without a network and without sharing our files with anyone else. However, Git becomes more powerful when we collaborate with others. Remote repositories, which Git calls remotes for short, are Git repositories that you can interact with over a network. Many developers can use the same remote to collaborate and to share changes to a project. We don't have to use a remote to share changes, but a remote makes it really easy. Each developer still makes changes in their local repository, but then those changes can be pushed to the remote to make them available to others. Then all the collaborators can view and download the changes from the remote to their local repositories. Everyone can contribute changes while keeping up to date with the changes that are made by others. You'll…
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