Git
More info
- Creator
- Linus Torvalds
- Released
- Owner
- Software Freedom Conservancy
- Type
- Distributed version control
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Website
- git-scm.com
- Source
- github.com/git/git
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
The dominant version control system — tracks every change in code over time.
Created in 2005 by Linus Torvalds (same person who made Linux) because he was tired of existing tools. Decentralised: every developer has a complete copy of the history locally.
Core tools: git commit (save), git branch (create branch), git merge (combine), git rebase (rewrite history). Hosted on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and others.