It's also not just restricted to the likes of GitHub and GitLab, as you can run your own Git server through the likes of Gitea on your NAS. As for why you would, there are a few reasons to.

A critical vulnerability in client software used to interact with Git, a distributed revision control system for managing source code repositories, allows attackers to execute rogue commands on ...

Choosing the right Git GUI client can significantly impact your productivity as a developer. With numerous options available, it can be challenging to determine which tool best suits your needs ...

Local GitHub Desktop client use. You can use the GitHub Desktop client locally without connecting to a remote repository. The repository explorer page provides a Create New Repository option that ...

And today, Atlassian is buying SourceTree, a popular client for Git and Mercurial distributed version control systems (DVCS) as well as Subversion source control. Financial terms of the deal were ...

The Git development team released versions 1.8.5.6, 1.9.5, 2.0.5, 2.1.4, and 2.2.1 to address the flaw. Updates are also available for Git for Windows, also known as MSysGit, as well as the ...