Git

Git
	A command-line session showing repository creation, addition of a file, and remote synchronization
Original author(s)	Linus Torvalds
Developer(s)	Junio Hamano and others
Initial release	7 April 2005; 21 years ago
Stable release	2.56.0 / 28 September 2026
Repository	git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git ;
Written in	C, Shell, Perl, Tcl
Operating system	POSIX (Linux, macOS, Solaris, AIX), Windows
Available in	English
Type	Version control
License	GPL-2.0-only
Website	git-scm.com

Git (/ɡɪt/) is a distributed revision control system. It is a computer program that helps people create other computer programs together. Git was made to be fast. It was created by Linus Torvalds for use in developing the Linux kernel which he also created. Git's current development is looked after by Junio Hamano. It is free and open source software released under the GNU General Public License version 2 software license.

References

↑ "Initial revision of "git", the information manager from hell". GitHub. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
↑ "Commit Graph". GitHub. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
↑ Junio C Hamano (28 September 2026). "[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.56.0". Retrieved 28 September 2026.
↑ "Git Source Code Mirror". GitHub. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
↑ "Git's LGPL license at github.com". GitHub. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
↑ "Git's GPL license at github.com". GitHub. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
↑ Linus Torvalds (2005-04-07). "Re: Kernel SCM saga." linux-kernel (Mailing list). Retrieved 2011-11-30. "So I'm writing some scripts to try to track things a whole lot faster."
↑ "About - Git". git-scm.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.