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Description:
Distributed revision control system

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 2.52.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 13, 2025

Links: Homepage | @gitdevstatus | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: version-control git developer-tools scm devops

Install: brew install git

About:
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set for browsing, examining, and managing source code history. It protects data against corruption through redundancy and provides tools for managing complex branching and merging workflows. Originally created by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development, it has become the de facto standard for version control.

Key Features:

Distributed architecture with full repository history on each client
Lightning-fast performance for commits, branching, and merging
Data integrity with SHA-1 hashing and cryptographic content tracking
Flexible staging area (index) for precise commit control
Rich branching and merging capabilities for complex workflows

Use Cases:

Source code version control for software development projects
Collaborative development with distributed teams
Managing configuration files and infrastructure as code
Tracking changes in documentation and content repositories

Alternatives:

Subversion (SVN) – Centralized VCS; simpler model but lacks distributed features and offline capabilities
Mercurial – Distributed VCS with similar capabilities; simpler command set but smaller ecosystem
Perforce – Commercial centralized VCS; better for large binary files and enterprise access control

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 13, 2025 9:21pm	1	VERSION_BUMP	975d78ae
Nov 17, 2025 9:54pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	9319a4c4
Nov 17, 2025 5:08pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	4eaddefb
Nov 25, 2024 9:15pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	aecf26f5
Sep 14, 2024 10:27pm	0	VERSION_BUMP	3a5c32fb