Author(s): Bruce Byfield Git makes version control as simple as possible. To manage your Git branches successfully, you need to learn the ins and outs of git branch and git merge. In a previous issue of Linux Magazine[1], I outlined how to set up a Git Repository (Table 1). Once a repo is set up, you are ready to use Git [2] for version control. Version control in Git is about managing and creating branches (collections of files that are variations of each other). By making a branch, you can edit files without altering the original. Later, if you choose, you can merge branches to create a more advanced copy.