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Asteroid Team Meeting #3 - February 1, 2016

Attended: Kevin, Nathan, Gordon, Brian

Reminders

Updates

Problems

Meeting Dates

To work on proposal presentations and unfinished tutorials

Discussions

 1.  What is a version control system?
     - It tracks modifications to files and allows you to revert changes.
 2. Why is it useful?
     - It shows the who changed something
     - The date and what the person changed 
     - Allows recalls to previous versions
 3. What is Git?
     - Git is a line command tool that helps you track versions of code.
 4. What is Github?
     - Github is a hosting server for Git repositories 
 5. How are Git and Github different from each other?
     - Github uses Git as it is the Distributed Version Control System (DVCS).
 6. Why do you think git or any other version control system can be useful?
     - It tracks changes, modifications, and additions
     - Shows who contributed, what they contributed and the date
     - Allows one to revert back to previous versions of code
     - Allows collaboration

Tasks Completed Today

Follow-up

Hours

Meeting was from 10:30 - 11:30 and 2:30 - 6:00.

Total: 4:30 hours

Authors

Contributing authors:

gli nlam

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