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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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Johan - Manos H.

Software and Web Developer

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/30/2017

"Great tool - poor UX"

4/5

What do you like best about Git?

The biggest advantage of git compared with similar tools is its distributed nature. Being distributed means that you can use it without needing a serve running and thus becomes an excellent candidate when starting your own project at home and scales very nicely as well later on when you wish to have more collaborators. Other advantages is its power. With git you can do pretty much everything ("edit history") but unfortunately the usage of the tool from the cli starts becoming less friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Usability. The more power, the harder it is to provide a friendly interface. Git from the command has a steep learning curve if you want to do something out of branching, commiting and merging. Even those can be somewhat confusing since you can do the same thing in different ways. There are some external tools like git-flow that alleviate this issue but I think that git could still be more user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Great free tool that pretty much everyone uses. Scales great from a personal project to a huge one with many developers. A lot of power and customization as well! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Revisioning development of software and web for both personal projects and daytime work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Entertainment

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/29/2017

"Git. Powerful but Arcane."

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Once you've got a godly understanding of how git actually works, you can manipulate your commit history to be exactly how you want it. It's completely decentralized so you don't need to lock files, or sync to a server if you don't want to. It's light weight (branches are just labels pointing to commits) and you can init a repo where ever you want. The ability to add hooks add another level of power to having your repository.

Also, it's free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

The learning curve was large. Having someone explain how git works really makes the experience much better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Learn the more advanced features of git, like patchmode add or interactive rebase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Source code repository. Version history.

Git is really fast. Branching is super quick. Having a commit history rather than a file revision history makes sending commits and integrating pull requests very easy.

I also use git in random places. Because of it's small footprint if I'm messing with a ton of config files on a system, i might init a repo in a folder, add everything, and then start changing the files. I can keep a version history and it's all self contained within the .git folder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/17/2017

"Git: the best version control system"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

the organization in the time of the code, the way in which two versions of code can be compared in different time lines and to be able to find where some error is found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

I really do not find something git that I do not like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

please use git, it is the best tool a developer can have Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Adrian B.

Senior PHP Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/31/2017

"Could not work without it"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Git is extremely valuable in modern web development. It allows me to work on multiple branches simultaneously with ease. Other developers can also work on the same project simultaneously with no issues. Git takes care of it all seamlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

I can't think of anything I dislike about Git. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carey D.

Senior Security Consultant

Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/18/2016

"Awesomeness"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

I like GIT specially using it in terms of development, I often use the command line interface in Linux and Windows. the program is very portable and cross compatible with different operating system and servers.

I use GitEye and TortoiseGit when I want to see the commit history, the branches and tagging visually. It improves my code organization and best when am refactoring code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Support for GUI, i hardly find a good GUI that could be used in GIT Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Git is highly recommended as a version control tool for developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Version Control is very crucial in terms of developing large code base programs, specially apps or programs written in C/C++ in which are very messy.

I've written code and used the version control features of GIT on languages like PHP, Node.js, C/C++ and HTML. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vikhyat G.

Associate Systems Programmer

Defense & Space

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/15/2017

"Best VCS out there!"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

It is very easy to use! It is quick and local commits are super handy. Love the branching and merging logic. Easy to integrate with an IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

The GUI of the IDE's is better than that of Git's. Changing a commit is a bit cumbersome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/29/2017

"Git is the best version control I've ever used"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Git is fast, very fast. I like that it is also open source. Working with branches is also very easy and I live how I have a copy of the repo locally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

There are not a lot of really good GUI tools available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/20/2018

"Git review"

4/5

What do you like best about Git?

Ive used perforce in the past. Git is a major improvement with easy commands and workflows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Rebasing and merging code can get tricky. It was easier with previous version control systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/13/2017

"Will never use TFS for a large project again"

4/5

What do you like best about Git?

In practice git makes it easier to work in large distributed teams compared to my experience of using TFS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Steep learning curve. There are always many ways achieve the same outcome. There are many esoteric commands that are difficult to remember. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Make sure the staff gets adequate training, it's easy to make complicated mistakes in git. Start using an established processes (git flow etc) for handling branching and merging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It has become less overhead making it possible to put more developers in the same code base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lee G.

Freelance Analysis, Design, and Developer pro bono

Sporting Goods

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/15/2017

"The only real solution for revision control"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Easy to set-up and manage most daily software development tasks with this most widely-used revision control system, with superb community support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Some of the less common tasks require arcane knowledge, though because of the wide-use, community support is easily found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.