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Torvalds Gives Inside Skinny on Git

Publication:E WeekDate:Apr 23 2005
Reporter:Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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Linus Torvalds didn't want to change software configuration management tools; however, business and open-source philosophy problems left the Linux founder with no choice but to abandon BitKeeper and create his own system: Git.

SCM programs are used to control the flow of updates and track program changes. In a project as large as Linux—more than 17,000 files—this can be very difficult and very slow.




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