As you will see in the other chapters on git, when applied to code, version control takes on a very different appearance than what you are used to with traditional backup software, for example, Microsoft Word auto-save, or cloud-based services like OneDrive, Dropbox or even Visual Studio Code Share. All of these platforms are set up in a user-friendly way that is _focused on a single file._ This works fine when we are writing a report like a thesis. However, it does **not** work well when it comes to computer programs, because in addition to the files themselves, the _contents of the file_ become critical. As we will see, git is a version control software that allows us to compare and track changes in every character of text within a file, which is very useful when writing code, as well as working with a distributed team of collaborators.
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