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Git () is a distributed version control software system that is capable of managing versions of source code or data. It is often used to control source code by programmers who are developing software collaboratively.
Git is a software tool that tracks changes to computer code and data, allowing multiple programmers to work on the same project without overwriting each other's work. It's widely used in software development because it lets teams collaborate efficiently while maintaining a complete history of all changes made to their code.
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Key facts
- Software.name
- Git
- Software.screenshot
- Git session.svg
- Software.caption
- A command-line session showing repository creation, addition of a file, and remote synchronization
- Software.author
- Linus Torvalds
- Software.developer
- Junio Hamano and others
- Software.programming language
- Primarily in C, with GUI and programming scripts written in Shell script, Perl, Tcl and Python
- Software.operating system
- POSIX (Linux, macOS, Solaris, AIX), Windows
- Software.language
- English
- Software.genre
- Version control
- Software.license
- GPL-2.0-only
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- Part of
- Software Freedom Conservancy
- Founded by
- Linus Torvalds
- Creator
- Linus Torvalds
- Developer
- Software Freedom Conservancy
- Designed by
- Linus Torvalds
- Official website
- git-scm.com
- Motto
- --distributed-is-the-new-centralized
- Has use
- version control
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- source code repository URL
- kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git
- influenced by
- CVS
- inception
- 2005-04-08
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0
- operating system
- cross-platform
- programmed in
- Q575650
- Commons category
- Git
- software version identifier
- 2.54.0
- mailing list archive URL
- public-inbox.org/git
- Stack Exchange tag
- tex.stackexchange.com/tags/git
- topic's main category
- Category:Git (software)
- maintained by
- Junio C Hamano
- language of work or name
- Mandarin with Taiwanese Hokkien accent
- different from
- Djet
- software quality assurance
- continuous integration
- social media followers
- 64211
- publication date
- 2005-00-00
- native label
- Git
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23 sectionsContents
- History
- Naming
- Characteristics
- Design
- Downsides
- Merging strategies
- Data structures
- Commands
- Git references
- Implementations
- Git server
- Open source
- Git server as a service
- Graphical interfaces
- Adoption
- Extensions
- Conventions
- Security
- Trademark
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Git () is a distributed version control software system that is capable of managing versions of source code or data. It is often used to control source code by programmers who are developing software collaboratively.
Design goals of Git include speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows—thousands of parallel branches running on different computers.
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