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Git

Git (/ɡɪt/ ⓘ) 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. It was originally created by Linus Torvalds for version control in the development of the Linux kernel.

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Available in
English
Developers
Junio Hamano and others
License
GPL-2.0-only[i]
Operating system
POSIX (Linux, macOS, Solaris, AIX), Windows
Original author
Linus Torvalds
Release
7 April 2005; 21 years ago (2005-04-07)

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Git server

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Security

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Git

Nodes133
Edges132
Triples175
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.015038
Components1

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Git

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related to Open source · 34
Git → Active Directory, AGPLv3, All, Apache MINA, As Facebook, CE, External, Facebook, FLOSS, Forgejo, Gerrit, Git Binary, Gitea, Go, Gogs, GPL, GUI, Hosting, Jetty, Kallithea
related to Implementations · 19
Git → BSDs, Currently, Cygwin, DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, GNU Compiler Collection, Installing Git, Linux, Linux-emulation, Mingw-w64, MSYS2, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Perl, Program Files, Solaris, The, Unix-like, Windows
related to Design · 14
Git → Another, Consequently, Git's, However, Later, Linux, RCS, Revision Control System, SCCS, Source Code Control System, The, These, Torvalds, Torvalds's
related to Conventions · 12
Git → Also, GitHub, GitLab, However, If, Often, Pushed, SCM, Since, Some, The, This
related to history · 12
Git → Andrew Tridgell, April, BitKeeper, For, He, Larry McVoy, Linux, Mercurial, SCM, SourcePuller, The, Torvalds
related to Git server · 8
Git → Already, As Git, CGI-based, Dedicated Git HTTP, For Web-based, HTTP, It, TCP
related to Security · 7
Git → An, December, If, Mac, On, The, Windows
related to Adoption · 6
Git → GitHub, May, Open Hub, Open-source, Stack Overflow, The Eclipse Foundation
related to Git server as a service · 6
Git → Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, SourceForge, The, There
related to Naming · 6
Git → British English, First, I'm, Linux, The, Torvalds

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file used version control repository history system linux distributed object torvalds tree software also files repositories source windows developers directory

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GitAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
GitDevelopersJunio Hamano and others1.00infobox
GitLicenseGPL-2.0-only[i]1.00infobox
GitOperating systemPOSIX (Linux, macOS, Solaris, AIX), Windows1.00infobox
GitOriginal authorLinus Torvalds1.00infobox
GitRelease7 April 2005; 21 years ago (2005-04-07)1.00infobox
GitRepositorygit.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git1.00infobox
GitStable release2.55.0 / 29 June 20261.00infobox
GitTypeVersion control1.00infobox
GitWebsitegit-scm.com1.00infobox
GitWritten inPrimarily in C, with GUI and programming scripts written in Shell script, Perl, Tcl and Python1.00infobox
Gitis aversion control system most commonly used by software developers0.90text
Gitis apure Java software library0.90text
Gitis aopen-source implementation of Git written in pure Go0.90text
Gitis aANSI C software library with no other dependencies0.90text
Gitis adistributed version control system0.90text

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