{"id":3732,"date":"2013-05-06T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2013-05-06T07:00:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T15:00:19","slug":"software-development-the-rise-of-git-for-source-code-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/software-development-the-rise-of-git-for-source-code-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Development:  The Rise of Git for Source Code Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Git Source Code Management tool\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Git_(software)\" target=\"_blank\">Git<\/a> is a distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) tool for software development. \u00a0It was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. \u00a0Torvalds first release of Git was in April 2005. \u00a0It has become a popular tool used in Open Source development, and it&#8217;s also grown a following among enterprise developers.<\/p>\n<p>Key features that distinguish Git over other source management tools like Subversion (SVN) include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decentralized\/Distributed Source Control<\/li>\n<li>Strong safeguards against corruption<\/li>\n<li>No imposed workflow<\/li>\n<li>Code branching is lightweight and easy to merge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A recent survey of enterprise organizations <a title=\"CollabNet findings on Source Code Management\" href=\"http:\/\/visit.collab.net\/rs\/collabnet\/images\/InformationWeek_Enterprise_Git_Survey_Final.pdf?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonua7MdO\/hmjTEU5z14%2BsuUaO0gIkz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMRcBgM6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7XDL81429sQXxTr\" target=\"_blank\">by CollabNet<\/a> found the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly 40 percent of enterprise developers are using Git<\/li>\n<li>Git is frequently hosted on-premise (69 percent) and by private cloud (44 percent), compared to 27 percent using it from a public cloud<\/li>\n<li>25 percent of developers 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