Torvalds codes temporary replacement for Bitkeeper
{{date|April 13, 2005}}

In the wake of Bitmover CEO Larry McVoy's decision to end the free distribution of the Linux version of the source code management system Bitkeeper, Linux founder [[w:Linus Torvalds|Linus Torvalds]] has written a program called "git" to access the Linux source code repositories, Torvalds wrote in a post to the Linux kernel mailing list. The program, resting at version 0.04 as of April 13, is, according to [http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/torvalds/git-0.04.tar.gz Torvalds's README] file: ''"a stupid (but extremely fast) directory content manager. It doesn't do a whole lot, but what it _does_ do is track directory contents efficiently."''

[[Bitmover ends free Bitkeeper, replacement sought for managing Linux kernel code|When Bitmover changed its licensing scheme]], Torvalds wrote that he was looking into using [[w:Monotone (software)|Monotone]]; he added that he did not want to use [[w:Subversion|Subversion (SVN)]]. According to Kerneltrap.org, on April 7, Torvalds noted, "I detest the centralized [[w:SCM|SCM]] model, but if push comes to shove, and we just _can't_ get a reasonable parallell{{sic}} merge thing going in the short timeframe (ie month or two), I'll use something like SVN on a trusted site with just a few committers . . ."

While Torvalds characterized Monotone as slow, he was hopeful that it could be sped up. He anticipated using the pre-Bitkeeper system of "people email patches to Linus" until the 2.6.12 kernel is released in the next month or so.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/294398
|title=Re: Kernel SCM saga..
|author=Linus Torvalds
|pub=Linux kernel mailing list
|date=April 8, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/torvalds/
|title=Index of /pub/linux/kernel/people/torvalds
|author=Linus Torvalds
|pub=kernel.org
|date=}}

*{{source|url=http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982
|title=Linux: Managing the Kernel Source With 'git'
|author=Jeremy Andrews
|pub=kerneltrap.org
|date=April 11, 2005}}

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In the wake of Bitmover CEO Larry McVoy's decision to end the free distribution of the Linux version of the source code management system Bitkeeper, Linux founder Linus Torvalds has written a program called "git" to access the Linux source code repositories, Torvalds wrote in a post to the Linux kernel mailing list. The program, resting at version 0.04 as of April 13, is, according to  Torvalds's README file: "a stupid (but extremely fast) directory content manager. It doesn't do a whole lot, but what it _does_ do is track directory contents efficiently."

When Bitmover changed its licensing scheme, Torvalds wrote that he was looking into using Monotone; he added that he did not want to use Subversion (SVN). According to Kerneltrap.org, on April 7, Torvalds noted, "I detest the centralized SCM model, but if push comes to shove, and we just _can't_ get a reasonable parallell merge thing going in the short timeframe (ie month or two), I'll use something like SVN on a trusted site with just a few committers . . ."

While Torvalds characterized Monotone as slow, he was hopeful that it could be sped up. He anticipated using the pre-Bitkeeper system of "people email patches to Linus" until the 2.6.12 kernel is released in the next month or so.

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