When I started my coding journey, I thought writing code was the hard part. Then I met Git and the command line. At first, it felt like a series of incantations I had to type perfectly into the terminal, or my entire project would vanish. But after breaking a few things and pushing through the confusion, I realized Git isn't just a tool only, it's also a mindset shift. To be completely honest, the terminal terrified me. It felt like a cold, unforgiving void where typing a single wrong character could accidentally delete my entire project or break my machine. For the first few weeks, running commands felt like shouting magic incantations into the dark and praying everything didn't blow up. But a funny thing happens when you use Git every day: the fear fades, and the mindset changes. I’m still very much a beginner, but Git has completely changed how I think about building software. Here are the four biggest lessons version control has taught me so far. 1.…