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Git is a fast, scalable, and distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Originally developed for the Linux kernel, Git has become the de facto standard for version control, utilized by millions of developers worldwide. Its distributed architecture allows each developer to have a complete history of the project, enabling robust collaboration and offline work capabilities. Key Features and Functionality: - Distributed Version Control: Every developer has a full copy of the repository, allowing for independent work and reducing reliance on a central server. - High Performance: Git is optimized for speed, efficiently handling large repositories with millions of files and commits. - Data Integrity: Every file and commit is checksummed and retrieved by its checksum, ensuring the integrity of the repository. - Branching and Merging: Git offers powerful branching and merging capabilities, facilitating parallel development and feature integration. - Staging Area: The staging area allows developers to prepare commits by selecting changes to include, providing greater control over the commit history. - Free and Open Source: Released under the GNU General Public License version 2.0, Git is free to use and modify, promoting collaboration and transparency. Primary Value and User Solutions: Git addresses the challenges of collaborative software development by providing a reliable and efficient system for tracking changes, coordinating work among multiple developers, and maintaining a comprehensive history of project evolution. Its distributed nature ensures that developers can work offline and merge changes seamlessly, reducing conflicts and enhancing productivity. By offering a robust set of tools for version control, Git empowers teams to manage their codebases effectively, leading to more stable and maintainable software projects.

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Sarah C.

Senior Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/11/2020

"Helps in Tracking and Saving Modifications Made in Codes"

4/5

What do you like best about Git?

It is helpful in tracking bugs and changes and handle small and large projects with efficiency. When a user is creating codes and making any changes to these codes, it helps in recording and saving these changes into different repositories. It helps to store and record those changes which are being made by the user. It has local and remote repositories embedded in it. Remote repositories are provided in its servers and local repositories are for computers of professionals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

It requires a lot of technical and professional activities for operating it. Its system may slow down while operating it on windows. Its graphical user interface and usability need more improvements to make its interface more users friendly. Extensive varieties of resources are embedded in it which may slow down its performance. Multiple branches are needed for equivalent development of projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Git solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its features enable the user to avoid various conflicts faced while generating codes by professionals on parallel projects. It has a staging feature which helps in managing, tracking and storing all changes that have been made in files. It keeps records of changes and modifications made by the developer in various files. It consists of sets of files in which all changes are saved known as commits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Collin R.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/29/2020

"Best Tool to communicate with your repositories"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Git?

I love Git, my favorite thing about it, is that I'm able to upload files to our repository and make changes to our source codes straight from the terminal. This really makes it easy as I don't have to log into an FTP Server and manually upload files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

I dislike the learning curve that comes at the beginning of Git. It's another command line tool and you'll try to avoid it right from the beginning. Once you get the hang of it. It's great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

If you're team is still using FTP to transfer files, please switch now. Git keeps track of changes so you can roll back. It is far superior! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Git solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Git, I'm able to download and edit projects from our repositories without having to download an entire project. I also love that I can branch off from the original source and create an update that can merge into the project later. It's a great tool to have and use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/21/2021

"Git - SVN Review"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Upsides of using is which makes it seamless amd king of its area are -

- Distributed in nature.

- Simple command line in available which is developer's first choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

What I don't like about git is that when you end up executing it gives a heavy verbose error which not always makes sense and makes it difficult for users to rectify the action. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Blake M.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/1/2020

"Best Tool for communicating with a Repository"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Git has been one of the most helpful tools when it comes to project management. I love that I'm able to easily pull a repository right from the terminal and make the changes I need to then push it back to the repository. It really simplified alot of manual work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

I dislike the learning curve that comes with Git. It seems like every new developer tries to avoid it, but it's really one of the most simple and most useful tools I have ever used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Git has that little learning curve to it, however once you start to understand it. You'll almost immediately become an expert at it. I highly recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Git solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Git, we're able to manage our projects in each repository. They allow us to see who has made edits and where changes have been made. This is useful incase we push out an update that could break our app, we can roll back to where is wasn't broken to identify the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harsh S.

Member

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/21/2020

"User-friendly software to reduce errors"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Version control and different repository systems that can track every upload and edit. Create documentation very easily and make it accessible to everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

nothing in particular, git is updating the master branch name as well which is great. Make it free for everyone, but isn't practical. List of commands that need to be remembered Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Consider your use cases and possible API integrations before use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Git solving and how is that benefiting you?

Version control, different uploads from a huge team. Even different layers of uploads and you can verify it before pushing it to final code. Helps decrease ambiguity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fernando H.

Lead Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/17/2016

"Best version control system ever"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Merge algorithm, change conflict resolution and workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Write code without use Git as version control system. ;) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

M Salman A.

Analyst Programmer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/4/2020

"Git is helpful for Software Engineer"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Git is easy to use and we can track our changes easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Some Git commands are difficult to memorize Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Victor G.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/26/2020

"Version Control for handling your projects"

4/5

What do you like best about Git?

I love Git because it's a great way to keep track of changes on your projects. You can install and run it directly from your terminal allowing your to pull a project, update it, and push it back to it's repository for others to make edits. I also love that if a bug breaks your project you're able to roll back to a previous commit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

There is a huge learning curve when starting to use Git. You will run into every issue imaginable when you first start using git. It's just something you will have to get used to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Git may be scary at first, you may try it and then give up on it and never use it again. But I can only recommend to keep at it. One day you'll become accustom to it and you'll be great at using it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Git solving and how is that benefiting you?

I love git. It has made our projects so much easier to manage when you know who exactly is editing the project. It also allows us to make updates and merge them into our repo without having to download or upload an entire project. This is especially useful when dealing with a huge project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Swati S.

Senior Software Engineer

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/22/2019

"Best and popular toll available in market for version comtrol - GIT"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

GIT makes version controlling easy and simple and we can do it within three steps . This can be done through GUI based application or you can also impletent in on UNIX server. Almost every company uses GIT to maintain code versions.

Best part about GIT is , You don't need to write any command and this can be done by simply GIT bash application.

Good news is, Its free for private use and they only change form organization for their services. Go for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

GIT needs active internet connection to fetch data from their master branch and if you don't have it at that time , you won't be able to access latest code. Allthough GIT provides local branches as well on your machine but you can not be sure that you are suing latest code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

GIT is free for private use and other version control softwares are not . It is easy to use and slove big problem of version maintaince. I would recommand you all to go through GIT toturial and use it once, you will love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Git solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a software developer, I use GIT to maintain my private code as well as I use it in my organization. I had registered for GIT for private use as well and its free and I uplode my work on it that can be shared as a link to other and they can also access it. Good part is, we can define access to other uses(like read only , read and write or all).

I also share my GIYT repository link in my resume and let recutier know about the work i did in part. It helped me to better job as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Issac J.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2020

"Version Control in your terminal."

4/5

What do you like best about Git?

I love how you can easily managed and keep track of all changes to your project by using Git's Version Control. You can easily download files, make changes and upload them to your repository all through the command line. This takes away the pain and time of having it done manually! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

I dislike the learning curve that comes with Git. When you start off you expect it to be hard like learning a new language, however it is pretty fast and painless! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Learning and using Git is a great way to show how professional of a developer you are. I recommend using it, because not only can you keep previous copies of your code, you're able to see who made edits and when! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Git solving and how is that benefiting you?

With git, we have been able to speed up the time on our projects and organize how projects are being done. You are able to fork over a repo, make changes and put it back into the repo for everyone to see what you did. It also keeps track of time management too! It's a great tool over all and you can't work without it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.