title: Why would I not want a central repository in versioning? SVN vs. Git question
body: <p><strong>Duplicates:</strong> </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/740053/why-should-i-use-git-instead-of-svn">Why should I use git instead of svn?</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/161541/svn-vs-git">Should I use SVN or Git?</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/871/why-is-git-better-than-subversion">Why is Git better than Subversion?</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I'm sure I've asked it wrong but I read that Git doesn't use a central repository like SVN does.  One, I don't understand how you can have a decentralized version control system.  I'm sure it works because so many use it but I don't understand the concept.</p>
  
  <p>How can you have something everyone uses but not a centralized repository to hold the source code?</p>
  
  <p>I suppose this is more of a git vs. svn also,  Which do you use?  I read that git is better but not as integrated in most IDE tools as SVN.</p>
  
  <p>I'm still learning.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>