Who owns Git? As noted, Git was specifically created as an open source alternative to existing version control software, which means that no single person or entity controls it.

Git, the open source distributed software version control system pioneered by Linux founder Linus Torvalds in 2005, is now gaining real momentum with developers. But don’t count out rivals like ...

Git Extensions includes an extension for Visual Studio versions going back to 2005. There's also the Visual Studio Tools for Git extension created by the Team Foundation Server (TFS) Power Tools Team ...

Source control was the very first item on Joel Spolsky's Joel Test for the quality of a development team back in 2000. Source code control is just as important today, and not just for teams; ...

In 2005, after just two weeks, Linus Torvalds completed the first version of Git, an open-source version control system. Unlike typical centralized systems, Git is based on a distributed model. It is ...

Microsoft is backing Git rather than attempting to recreate the distributed version-control wheel. Here's the roadmap detailing how Git support is coming to Visual Studio and TFS.

Before that, I used first-generation Source Control Management (SCM) ... Torvalds's answer was to create a true open-source VCS alternative: Git. In a mere 10 days, ...

There is a lot of inertia in switching source control systems; just look at how long CVS and even RCS have stayed around, but at some point Git just took over.” ...

If you've ever used Linux software before, odds are you've come across Git. Over the years, this system has become a staple for delivering open-source tools and applications to PCs across the ...