Ten Linux Commands .... Part 3

10. Managing Source Code with git (or svn, or bzr...)

This concluding section isn't so much about a particular command, but rather about one of several possible commands, which perhaps more than any other introduced here you should be well acquainted with if you're not already. The git, svn and bzr commands refer to the command-line interfaces used by the Git, Subversion, and Bazaar version control solutions, respectively. Version control is an essential tool no matter the web project's size and scope, and you're doing both yourself and your clients a significant disservice if you don't rigorously manage projects using one of these powerful solutions.
Even if you don't believe that maintaining a well-documented history of your project's lifecycle is worth the effort, the benefits of version control solutions stretch far beyond mere project management. For instance, you can use basic Git commands to easily deploy and update your website code directly from your development laptop. Although numerous approaches exist, one of the easiest ways is to clone the repository containing your site code to the live server. For instance, if you were using GitHub to host your website repository (call the repository wjgilmore), you could use the following command to retrieve the latest version of your repository:

%>git clone git://github.com/wjgilmore/wjgilmore.git

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                              Conclusion
Linux's command-line capabilities are so vast that this article 
easily could have covered 1,000 commands rather than a mere 10. 
Nonetheless, it hopefully was enough to whet your appetite for the 
incredible power that even occasional users can wield!