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 ...

A version control system protects you from unforeseen mishaps ... But your need for security could vary based on whether you work on a centralized or distributed team. The big security difference ...

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it is adding git support to TFS and Visual Studio, putting the distributed version control system on an equal footing with its current centralized system.

It has millions of files, taking hundreds of gigabytes of storage. In a centralized version control system, this isn't too big an issue; only the central server needs to store all of this data ...

The distributed system is not without its cons, though, if you are dealing with large repositories and binary files. In other words, keeping all that history local can easily get out of hand. In such ...

Centralized workflows common to older version control systems need to be re-engineered when organizations move to a distributed repository because pull requests only work in conjunction with two ...

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, the open source distributed software version control system pioneered by Linux founder Linus Torvalds in 2005, is now gaining real momentum with developers.