Git or "directed acyclic graph" branch-based development is the maintaining of source code version history not just by file alone, but by a cryptographically unique snapshot of every file in your currently selected "working branch" at a point in time (commit).
This style of team development allows for the development of features that are isolated for easy plug-in/roll-back and integration of snapshots (commits) via merging of branches.
Developers need to beware of stepping on each other's toes (or working on the same files) as this can lead to merge conflicts.
For small business, corporate enterprise and all manner of sprawling code bases, Git is the best tool currently (March 2018) available to help manage the continuous change going on within your application source code.
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