Git

Summary

Git is a distributed revision control system^[1]. Git has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Git is the creator of Linus Torvalds^[3].
• Git's instance of is recorded as distributed revision control system^[4].
• Git's instance of is recorded as open science tool^[5].
• Git's instance of is recorded as programming tool^[6].
• Git's instance of is recorded as filestore^[7].
• Git's founder is recorded as Linus Torvalds^[8].
• Git's maintained by is recorded as Junio C Hamano^[9].
• Git's developer is recorded as Junio C Hamano^[10].
• Git's developer is recorded as Software Freedom Conservancy^[11].
• Git's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0^[12].
• Git's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[13].
• Git's programmed in is recorded as Q42478^[14].
• Git's programmed in is recorded as Tcl^[15].
• Git's programmed in is recorded as Python^[16].
• Git's programmed in is recorded as shell script^[17].
• Git's programmed in is recorded as Q575650^[18].
• Git's designed by is recorded as Linus Torvalds^[19].
• Git's operating system is recorded as Q3251801^[20].
• Git's operating system is recorded as BSD^[21].
• Git's operating system is recorded as Mac OS operating systems^[22].
• Git's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows^[23].
• Git's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system^[24].
• Git's operating system is recorded as cross-platform^[25].
• Git's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.2^[26].
• Git's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Git is the creator of Linus Torvalds^[3].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Git include GitHub^[28], a service on Internet^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 2007^[31], headquartered in San Francisco^[32] and Virtual File System for Git^[33], a software^[34].

Why It Matters

Git has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Git is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Git has been cited as an influence by Jujutsu^[36], a version control system^[37], founded in 2019^[38].

Entities named for Git include GitHub^[28], a service on Internet^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 2007^[31], headquartered in San Francisco^[32] and Virtual File System for Git^[33], a software^[34].

FAQs

Who did Git influence?

Git has been cited as an influence by Jujutsu^[36].