Condé Nast Interview Question

What is Git, assume someone who knows nothing about code?

Interview Answer

Anonymous

Jun 21, 2015

Type & save is the usual. If you have 2 people, then the 2 might overwrite each other since they'll have different copies of the same file after they edit. Git solves that by comparing the copies against each other before saving. Git thus lets a group work together without anyone overwriting each other. It also lets everyone see who's saving what.