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 ...

In a centralized version control system, this isn't too big an issue; only the central server needs to store all of this data, with each developer only needing to store the latest source code on ...

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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.

In such a scenario, a centralized version control system (like SVN or TFS) might be better suited. The major difference is that most of the operations are remote. When you commit, you send files to ...

While cumbersome on other centralized version control systems, Git makes tasks such as development branch creation or development workflow assignment a natural part of the development process.

Developers are taking a strong liking to the distributed system, though Subversion and others remain in the game. Git, the open source distributed software version control system pioneered by ...