Git

Starting from a challenge posed to the Linux community to stop using commercial version control, Git has proved itself. Git embodies a well architected, high performance implementation of distributed version control. Git is powerful, so it should be used with respect, but that power enables agile engineering workflows that simply cannot exist with other tools. Git’s popularity is supported by the existence of GitHub. GitHub combines public and private Git repositories, social networking, and a host of other innovative tools and approaches.

In previous radars we recommended Distributed Version Control (DVCS) tools in general while mentioning Git and Mercurial in particular. In this edition we narrow our recommendation to only Mercurial and Git as these two have become the clear front-runners. Due to its success and the associated network effect GitHub remains the recommended option for enterprises that want to interact with the open source community.