====== Git ======

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===== Discussion =====

Git is a distributed [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:v:version_control_system|Version Control System]] used to record, organize, compare, and exchange changes to files and directories maintained in a repository.

A Git repository contains identifiable revisions of managed [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:artifact|Artifacts]] and preserves relationships among those revisions.

Git represents recorded repository states as commits. Git workflows commonly use:

  * Repositories
  * Commits
  * Branches
  * Tags
  * References
  * Working trees
  * Staging
  * Merging
  * Rebasing
  * Fetching
  * Pulling
  * Pushing
  * Cloning

Git records repository states and the relationships among commits. This history enables users and automated processes to:

  * Identify changes
  * Compare repository states
  * Trace the ancestry of a change
  * Retrieve an identified repository state
  * Restore or reuse an identified repository state
  * Reproduce managed content associated with an identified commit

Within Crucible documentation, Git provides repository and change-history capabilities used by:

  * Git-based workflows
  * GitOps practices
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:ci_cd_pipeline|CI/CD Pipelines]]
  * Configuration management
  * Automated build operations
  * Automated deployment operations
  * Automated validation operations
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provenance|Provenance]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:reproducibility|Reproducibility]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:traceability|Traceability]]

===== Definition =====

//distributed [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:v:version_control_system|Version Control System]] that records identifiable repository states and preserves the relationships among those states//

===== Source =====

Adapted from:

  * Git Project documentation
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:v:version_control_system|Version Control System]]

===== Note =====

The name **Git** is not an acronym and should not be written as **GIT**.

Git is a type of [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:v:version_control_system|Version Control System]].

Git is distinct from repository-hosting services such as GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket. Those services can host and manage Git repositories, but they are not Git itself.

Git does not require a single permanent central repository. A project can designate one repository as an authoritative or shared repository through policy and workflow conventions.

A Git-based workflow uses Git repository states and operations to coordinate change. The existence of a Git repository alone does not define:

  * The workflow
  * Approval rules
  * Branch strategy
  * Merge strategy
  * Automation
  * Build behavior
  * Deployment behavior

===== Example =====

A contributor commits a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:declarative_configuration|Declarative Configuration]] change to a Git branch. A review process approves and merges the change into a designated branch. A [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:ci_cd_pipeline|CI/CD Pipeline]] identifies the resulting commit and initiates automated build, validation, and deployment operations associated with that repository state.

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