What is Git?
Source Control (or version control)
Source control is a way of tracking your files progress over time. You can do this in chronological order and the source control can be in a timeline version.
What can you do with source control?
Source control allows you to take a snapshot of your project over time so you can go back in time and check out different earlier versions of your project.
A short list of it's possibilities:
You can distribute your file changes over time.
You can see progress over a certain time period.
Source control can actually prevent against data loss or data damage, because it can create backup snapshots.
It can also help you manage complex project structures.
What is Git?
Git is a source control software that is created by the person that created Linux.
Advantages of using Git
It is the most popular software of it's sort.
A lot of documentation and support can be found about Git.
It has integration with other applications like SourceTree, Heroku, and GitHub.