<p>Git is a nice version control system. It allows to commit changes in files. Git saves it in a tree system since it uses branches to allow merges.</p>
<h2 id="how-it-works">How it works</h2>
<p>As I said, git uses branches it looks like this <img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/800/1*RTgn1s0GY8r0rSPsAzf8NQ.png" alt="git branch visualization">
There you see that you have the main branch also known as the &quot;master branch&quot;. Which is the base branch. </p>
<h2 id="how-to-work-with-branches">How to work with branches</h2>
<p>From the base branch, you usually have feature-specific branches. For each feature and issue. </p>
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<p>You can use git with a desktop GUI tool or in a terminal. How you do this, is covered in another article. </p>


Git is a nice version control system. It allows to commit changes in files. Git saves it in a tree system since it uses branches to allow merges.
## How it works
As I said, git uses branches it looks like this ![git branch visualization](https://miro.medium.com/max/800/1*RTgn1s0GY8r0rSPsAzf8NQ.png)
There you see that you have the main branch also known as the "master branch". Which is the base branch. 
## How to work with branches
From the base branch, you usually have feature-specific branches. For each feature and issue. 

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You can use git with a desktop GUI tool or in a terminal. How you do this, is covered in another article. 

Johannes Losch

Johannes Losch

How git works

How it works

How to work with branches