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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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Simon H.

Development Manager

Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/7/2015

"Mass migration of all on-site code to a few hundred Git Repositories hosted in BitBucket"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

The local caching of remote repositories on a developer's machine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Differences are recorded on a repository level, not folder level, meaning you have to try to keep repo size small. Also git doesnt work well with binaries, and our many hundred of components each use a different version of build tools which means we now have to do a huge exercise to update build tools for components that have no need to be changed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Make the move, even just so it forces you to review everything you currently have in source control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We now have large off-shore dev teams whom struggle to get good bandwidth to subversion, but git inherently compresses and minimises payload from repo to client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paolo D.

Software Developer in Test

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/17/2015

"Version Control to the square power"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Very simple to manage through the command line

Branching is very clear Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Cannot version in a simple way, i.e. without add ons, binary files (Excel, Word...)

Steep learning curve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In my company, we migrated from SVN to Git almost a year ago. It made collaboration between developers much faster, with less mistakes in commits and an easy integration for continuous delivery. For me, as the only automation tester, it gave me more control over my commits and made merging a safer operation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Viresh K.

Power Management Engineer

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/30/2015

"I m loving it :)"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Its simplicity and the fact that it isn't for fools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Fools may dislike the fact that is not for fools :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Just go ahead and use it for 15 days before making up your mind to use it or not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use it for coding, mostly Linux related. Its too cool. There are so many things you can do with it and the very fact that you can play with commits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/22/2015

"A whole new world of source control"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Diffing, git logs, group work, all this and more is now not only easy but enjoyable. Resolution of merge conflicts is trivial and still meaningful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

My biggest gripe with git is how poorly it manages workspaces like the IPython Notebook. I am hoping Github's incorporation & display of IPython notebooks mitigates some of this in the future. Also it gets complex at times with cherry picking, rebasing, and other more complex moves I'm not thinking of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Antriksh P.

Staff Engineer

Wireless

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/31/2015

"Extremely useful and liberating"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Power, performance. It is a swiss-army knife in the version control world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

May not work very well in very large projects and lot of binary files. 'Submodule' functionality, as far as I knew, didn't work very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Unless you have a very large project (1 GB+) with a lot of binary files, Git is something you should definitely consider!

If you are a small group of developers starting something up, using this tool over anything else is a no brainer in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Wireless communications software.

Benefits: very easy to share changes and manage code versions/branches etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Blake C.

Application Developer

Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/9/2015

"Source/Version Control"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Gits version control system is fairly robust. When used in conjunction with Github, it surpasses most VCSs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

The learning curve is steep when it is used via the command line. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/29/2015

"Git is a must have for any modern team (and not just developers!!)"

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Ease of use (even for a novice), integration with most/all IDE's (of course), vendor implementations such as Atlassian Stash. There are bash profiles out there which modify your command line prompt to automatically detect if you are in a repo, and it shows the status of your local repo compared to the remote repo which is awesome! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

There is not much to dislike about git. Perhaps when you are branching/merging things can get complicated easily; but it is up to you to keep your branches simple. No need for 20 branches! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/21/2015

"I am very happy to move to git from SVN"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Git?

The ability to create multiple branches within the same local repo and work on them simulatenously. Switching from one branch to another is really easy.

Because git generates snapshots on versions as opposed to delta of changes on files, it is blazingly fast compared to other legacy version control systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Integration with review board. It is a little more confusing compared to SVN. Every git-review command generates a new RB. Sometimes, I intend to only update an existing RB and I run git-review which ends up generating a new RB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amel B.

Cloud Expert

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/14/2015

"A complex but great versioning tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Git?

Branches, branches, branches ! Gives more possibility and more dimension to the versioning than a classic tool like SVN Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

So complex that it's hard to handle from the beginning. It needs time and practice to fully understand the concept. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Practice a lot and read some books before starting projects before using it. It needs a good comprehension to use it fully. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

With the branches we could even handle versioning of different platforms (testing, production, ...) And also introduce branches for proof of concepts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pat L.

Software Engineer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/29/2015

"been using Git for well over 5 years. Best source control management ever."

5/5

What do you like best about Git?

It is distributed.

Branching is super easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Git?

Submodule support could be improved. They are no ways to remove them once added. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Git:

Use it with git-flow! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I've converted the company I work for from svn to git 2 years ago. Lots of engineer where frustrated with svn branching model and merging issues. Switching to git has lower frustration and increased overall productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.