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You Already Do Version Control
Hand-named copies feel like history, but lose the thread between versions.
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Git: A Time Machine for a Folder
what you actually want: cheap save points, a note on each, instant travel or comparison between any two moments
What Git Is (and Is Not)
a program on your machine keeping a repository inside your folder - not a website, no account needed
Getting Git Onto Your Machine
one install, one version check, one introduction - then the tool disappears into your folder
Snapshots, not diffs
git shows diffs all day - so you assume it stores them. It doesn't.