distributed version control system From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Git (/ɡɪt/) is a distributed revision control system. It is a computer program that helps people create other computer programs together. Git was made to be fast.[7] It was created by Linus Torvalds for use in developing the Linux kernel which he also created. Git's current development is looked after by Junio Hamano. It is free and open source software released under the GNU General Public License version 2 software license.[8]
Original author(s) | Linus Torvalds[1] |
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Developer(s) | Junio Hamano and others[2] |
Initial release | 7 April 2005 |
Stable release | |
Repository | |
Written in | C, Shell, Perl, Tcl[4] |
Operating system | POSIX (Linux, macOS, Solaris, AIX), Windows |
Available in | English |
Type | Version control |
License | GPL-2.0-only[lower-roman 1][6] |
Website | git-scm |
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