Git
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Git
Summary
Git is a distributed revision control system[1]. Git draws 48,775 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_revision_control_system category, ranking #1 of 8).[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 communication protocol[6].
- Git's instance of is recorded as programming tool[7].
- Git's instance of is recorded as filestore[8].
- Git's founder is recorded as Linus Torvalds[9].
- Git's maintained by is recorded as Junio C Hamano[10].
- Git's developer is recorded as Junio C Hamano[11].
- Git's developer is recorded as Software Freedom Conservancy[12].
- Git's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[13].
- Git's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[14].
- Git's programmed in is recorded as Q42478[15].
- Git's programmed in is recorded as Tcl[16].
- Git's programmed in is recorded as Python[17].
- Git's programmed in is recorded as shell script[18].
- Git's programmed in is recorded as Q575650[19].
- Git's designed by is recorded as Linus Torvalds[20].
- Git's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[21].
- Git's operating system is recorded as BSD[22].
- Git's operating system is recorded as Mac OS operating systems[23].
- Git's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[24].
- Git's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[25].
- Git's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[26].
- Git's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.2[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 draws 48,775 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_revision_control_system category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] Git has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Git is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]
Git has been cited as an influence by Jujutsu[37], a version control system[38], founded in 2019[39].
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[37].