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I was having trouble learning Git, so instead of actually studying, I created my own version control system.

If you expect me to teach you how to clone the repository using Git, you are completely wrong.

• First, download it as a zip file from the GitHub page.
• Extract the zip file to the desired location.
• Run make to compile the source code into an executable called byter.exe.
• Add the executable in Windows PATH variable to be able to run it anywhere.
• If your antivirus warns you that it is a virus, ignore it. Trust me please.

Alternatively, you can download the compiled binary from the release section.

⚠️ Only works on Windows!

First, you need to initialize a repository in your folder:

byter init

After that, a folder called .byter will be created in the root folder of your project with the following structure:

.byter
├── versions			# All the "shots" will be stored here;
├── .config			# Internal configuration. Just ignore;
└── .lock			# Files matching one of the regex patterns written here will be ignored.

Once you have done that, you are ready to proceed. To store a version of your code, type:

byter shot [summary]

The [summary] part is required. Byter will throw an error if you don't provide one. All the summary text is stored in the respective version folder in a file called summary.txt.