What is Git?

Git is an open source version control system designed to handle very large projects. Git is especially popular in the open source community, serving as the version control system of choice for major projects like WINE, X.org, and the crown jewel of open source, the Linux Kernel.

Git is fast, efficient, and designed with real-world usability in mind. Some of Git's features include

  • Distributed development

    Git gives each developer a local copy of the entire development history, and changes are copied from one such repository to another. These changes are imported as additional development branches, and can be merged in the same way as a locally developed branch. Repositories are easily accessed via the efficient Git protocol.

  • Strong support for non-linear development

    Git supports rapid and convenient branching and merging, and includes powerful tools for visualizing and navigating a non-linear development history.

  • Efficient handling of large projects

    Git is very fast and scales well when working with large projects.

  • Cryptographic authentication of history

    The name of a particular revision depends on the complete development history. Once published, it's not possible to change the old versions with it being noticed.

  • Toolkit design

    Git is a collection of many small tools written in C and convenient wrapper scripts, making it convenient for human usage and easily scriptable.

See the Git Homepage for full documentation and additional information.

Git Support at A2 Hosting

Git is pre-installed on all of our servers and is available via SSH. All of our shared, reseller, or semi-dedicated packages that include SSH shell access will allow you to take full advantage of version control using Git.

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