Learning about Git

Origins

Git was invented by Linus Torvalds to use with the Linux kernel. There were performance and political, aka licensing, issues with the previous version control system that the kernel used.

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Learning about Subversion

Origins of Subversion

The Subversion project was initiated by CollabNet in 2000. The goal was to create a new version control system to replace CVS, with some bugs fixed and some features added.