What is Git?

Git is a distributed VCS, and it came into the picture when there was some maintenance needed in the Linux Kernel. The Linux Kernel development community was using a proprietary Distributed version control system (DVCS) called BitKeeper. But after some time, the relationship between the Linux community developers and the proprietary software BitKeeper broke down, which led to Linux community developers (in particular Linux creator Linus Torvalds) developing their own DVCS tool called Git. They took a radical approach that makes it different from other VCSs such as CVS and SVN.