Git
Distributed version control system
Also known as the stupid content tracker · content tracker
- Instance of
- Part of
- Software Freedom Conservancy(since 2010)
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Sources- 1.“Current Projects - Software Freedom Conservancy”sfconservancy.org/projects/current/Retrieved 2026-02-07
- 2.“Git Joins the Software Freedom Conservancy”sfconservancy.org/news/2010/dec/16/git-joins/Retrieved 2026-02-07
- Software Freedom Conservancy(since 2010)
- Founded
- April 8, 2005
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Sources- 1.“Re: Trivia: When did git self-host?”marc.info/?l=git&m=117254154130732Retrieved 2019-11-05
- April 8, 2005
- Website
Overview
All data
285 statements · 53% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Developer
- Software Freedom Conservancy
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- Linus Torvalds(2005–2005)
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Sources- 1.linux.com/blog/10-years-git-interview-git-creator-linus-torvaldsRetrieved 2016-10-19
- Junio C Hamano(since 2005)
- Software Freedom Conservancy
- License
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0
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Sources- 1.“Copying”github.com/git/git/blob/master/COPYINGRetrieved 2018-08-05
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0
- Written in
- C
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Sources- 1.Stated in Open Hub“The git Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages Page”openhub.net/p/git/analyses/latest/languages_summaryRetrieved 2018-07-14
- 2.github.com/EvanLi/Github-Ranking/blob/master/Data/github-ranking-2025-07-06.csv
- Perl
- Tcl
- Python
- shell script
- Rust latest version: 2.52.0
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Sources- 1.“Highlights from Git 2.52”github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-52/Retrieved 2026-02-05
- C
- Latest version
- 2.56.0 version type: stable version · released: September 28, 2026
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Sources- 1.“[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.56.0”lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqpkxxmgxh.fsf@gitster.g/T/#uRetrieved 2026-09-28
- 2.1.2 released: September 30, 2014
- 2.2 released: November 26, 2014
- 2.3.0 released: February 5, 2015
- 2.4.1 released: May 13, 2015
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Sources- 1.raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.1.txtRetrieved 2024-04-30
- 2.4.3 released: June 5, 2015
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Sources- 1.raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.3.txtRetrieved 2024-04-30
- 2.5.1 released: August 28, 2015
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Sources- 1.raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.1.txtRetrieved 2024-04-30
- 2.6.0 released: September 28, 2015
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Sources- 1.raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txtRetrieved 2024-04-30
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- 2.6.1 released: September 29, 2015
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Sources- 1.raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.1.txtRetrieved 2024-04-30
- 2.6.4 released: December 8, 2015
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Sources- 1.“Git v2.6.4 Release Notes”raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.4.txtRetrieved 2015-12-27
- 2.7.0 released: January 4, 2016
- 2.7.1 released: February 5, 2016
- 2.7.2 released: February 22, 2016
- 2.7.3 released: March 10, 2016
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- 2.7.4 released: March 17, 2016
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- 2.8 released: March 28, 2016
- 2.8.1 released: April 3, 2016
- 2.8.2 released: April 29, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 2.8.3 released: May 18, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 2.9.0 released: June 13, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 2.9.1 released: July 11, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 2.9.3 released: August 12, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 2.10.0 released: September 2, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 2.10.1 released: October 3, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 2.10.2 released: October 28, 2016 · version type: stable version
- 2.11.0 released: November 29, 2016 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“Git 2.11 has been released”github.com/blog/2288-git-2-11-has-been-releasedRetrieved 2016-11-30
- 2.“Git 2.11 Open Source Project Management Tool Officially Released, Download Now”news.softpedia.com/news/git-2-11-open-source-project-management-tool-officially-released-download-now-510600.shtmlRetrieved 2016-11-30
- 2.11.1 released: February 2, 2017 · version type: stable version
- 2.12.0 released: February 24, 2017 · version type: stable version
- 2.12.1 released: March 20, 2017
- 2.12.2 released: March 24, 2017
- 2.13 released: May 10, 2017
- 2.13.1 released: June 4, 2017
- 2.13.3 released: July 12, 2017 · version type: stable version
- 2.13.2 released: June 25, 2017 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“Git v2.13.2 Release Notes”github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.2.txtRetrieved 2017-08-03
- 2.13.4 released: July 31, 2017 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“Git v2.13.4 Release Notes”github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.13.4.txtRetrieved 2017-08-03
- 2.14.0 released: August 4, 2017 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“Git v2.14.0 Release Notes (English)”github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.0.txt
- 2.14.1 released: August 4, 2017 · version type: stable version
- 2.14.2 released: September 22, 2017 · version type: stable version
- 2.14.3 version type: stable version · released: October 23, 2017
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Sources- 1.“Git v2.14.3 Release Notes”github.com/git/git/blob/v2.14.3/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.3.txt
- 2.15.0 released: October 30, 2017
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Sources- 1.“Git v2.15.0 Release Notes”github.com/git/git/blob/v2.15.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.15.0.txtRetrieved 2017-10-31
- 2.15.1 released: November 28, 2017 · version type: stable version
- 2.16.0 released: January 17, 2018 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tag/?h=v2.16.0Retrieved 2018-01-19
- 2.16.1 released: January 21, 2018 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tag/?h=v2.16.1Retrieved 2018-01-23
- 2.16.2 released: February 15, 2018 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“git.git - The core git plumbing”git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tag/?h=v2.16.2Retrieved 2018-02-17
- 1.5.0 version type: stable version · released: February 14, 2007
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Sources- 1.“GIT v1.5.0 Release Notes”github.com/git/git/blob/v1.5.0/Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.txt
- 2.16.3 released: March 22, 2018 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“git.git - The core git plumbing”git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tag/?h=v2.16.3Retrieved 2018-03-23
- 2.17.0 version type: stable version · released: April 2, 2018
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Sources- 1.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tag/?h=v2.17.0Retrieved 2018-04-06
- 2.17.1 version type: stable version · released: May 22, 2018
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Sources- 1.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tag/?h=v2.17.1Retrieved 2018-06-02
- 2.18.0 version type: stable version · released: June 21, 2018
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Sources- 1.“[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.18.0”lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1806.2/05042.htmlRetrieved 2018-06-21
- 2.19.0 released: September 10, 2018 · version type: stable version
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Sources- 1.“git/git”github.com/git/git/releases/tag/v2.19.0Retrieved 2018-09-17
- 2.19.1 version type: stable version · released: September 27, 2018
- 2.19.2 version type: stable version · released: November 21, 2018
- 2.20.0 version type: stable version · released: December 9, 2018
- 2.20.1 version type: stable version · released: December 15, 2018
- 2.21.0 version type: stable version · released: February 24, 2019
- 2.22.0 version type: stable version · released: June 7, 2019
- 2.22.1 version type: stable version · released: August 12, 2019
- 2.23.0 version type: stable version · released: August 16, 2019
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Sources- 1.“Highlights from Git 2.23”github.blog/2019-08-16-highlights-from-git-2-23/Retrieved 2019-08-19
- 2.“Git 2.23 Brings New Switch & Restore Sub-Commands”phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Git-2.23-ReleasedRetrieved 2019-08-19
- 3.“Git v2.23.0”lkml.org/lkml/2019/8/16/877Retrieved 2019-08-19
- 4.“Git, le système distribué de gestion de versions, vient de passer à la version 2.23”developpez.com/actu/274173/Git-le-systeme-distribue-de-gestion-de-versions-vient-de-passer-a-la-version-2-23-et-propose-deux-commandes-experimentales-pour-reduire-l-usage-de-la-commande-git-checkout/Retrieved 2019-08-26
- 2.24.0 version type: stable version · released: November 4, 2019
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Sources- 1.“[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.24.0”public-inbox.org/git/xmqq7e4gyzgt.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/Retrieved 2019-11-05
- 2.“Highlights from Git 2.24”github.blog/2019-11-03-highlights-from-git-2-24/Retrieved 2019-11-05
- 3.“Release v2.24.0 · git/git”github.com/git/git/releases/tag/v2.24.0Retrieved 2019-11-05
- 2.24.1 version type: stable version · released: December 6, 2019
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Sources- 1.“Release v2.24.1”github.com/git/git/releases/tag/v2.24.1Retrieved 2020-01-08
- 2.“[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.24.1 and others”public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/Retrieved 2020-01-08
- 2.56.0 version type: stable version · released: September 28, 2026
- Software quality assurance
- continuous integration(since 2020) described at url: github.com · url: github.com
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Sources- 1.github.com/git/git/commit/8cb514d1cbaf7b8adfc92e348a1706acc62fabdbRetrieved 2026-02-08
- continuous integration(since 2020) described at url: github.com · url: github.com
- Uses
- Git Wire Protocol, version 1
- Git Wire Protocol, version 2
- Git Dumb HTTP
- Git Dumb HTTP over TLS
- Git Smart HTTP
- Git Smart HTTP over TLS
- changeset object named as: commit
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Sources- 1.git-scm.com/docs/gitglossary#Documentation/gitglossary.txt-aiddefchangesetachangesetRetrieved 2022-11-20
- Motto text
- --distributed-is-the-new-centralized
- Social media followers
- 64,211(May 24, 2023) subreddit: git
- Native label
- Git
- DuckDuckGo bang
- git-scm
On other databases
52 identifiers linking Git across the web's reference databases
- AlternativeTo IDgit
- Arch Linux packagegit
- ArchWiki articleGit
- AUR packagegit-git
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID17031353d
- BIBSYS ID14065119
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12141186
- Chocolatey Community package IDgit
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures IDCVE-2022-39253
- Debian source packagegit
- Debian stable packagegit
- Debian Wiki articleGit
- Fandom article IDlogos:Git
- Fedora packagegit
- File Format Wiki page IDGit
- Free Software Directory entrygit
- Freebase ID/m/05vqw
- FreeBSD portdevel/git-lite
- Gentoo packagedev-vcs/git
- Gentoo Wiki articleGit
- GitHub accountgit
- GitHub topicgit
- GitLab.com topic IDgit
- GND ID7687494-1
- Golden ID (archived)Git-MA4W6M
- Guix Variable Namegit
- Homebrew formula namegit
- IdRef ID192014498
- J9U entity ID987007365079405171
- Lemmy community IDgit@programming.dev
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn2013035657
- Man pagegit.1
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810695464705606
- NetBSD package IDdevel/git-gitk
- NicoNicoPedia word article IDgit
- Nixpkgs IDgit
- NL CR AUT IDph559299
- NLAI ID1568282
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning1526288
- Open Hub IDgit
- OpenBSD portdevel/git
- OpenSUSE packagegit
- OSDev article ID4746
- Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID11900
- Quora topic IDGit-revision-control
- Repology project namegit
- SILL software ID52
- Subredditgit
- Ubuntu packagegit
- VIAF cluster ID304416640
- Wine AppDB ID8241
- Zhihu topic ID19557710