# What is Version Control?

Version control keeps the history of every change to your source code, and Git, the version control system this course uses, gives every developer a full copy of that history.

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- Category: Git
- Level: Novice
- Tags: Centralized Version Control, Distributed version control, git, Local repository, Remote repository, software-development, Source Code, Version control
- Updated: November 3, 2026

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