GitHub – configuration management system

Last Updated on September 7, 2022

GitHub is currently the world’s largest, and most popular code hosting site. It is web-based and uses Git, an open-source version control system that was started by Linus Torvalds, the principal force behind the Linux kernel.

GitHub provides distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features.

It offers a web-based graphical interface and desktop as well as mobile integration. It also gives developers access control and several collaboration features.

Features include:

• Integrated issue tracking.
• Powerful collaboration – pull requests, commit comments, compare view.
• Other collaborative tools include wikis, task management, bug tracking, and feature requests.
• Web hosting.
• GitHub Flavored Markdown for formatting text.
• Syntax highlighted code & rendered data supporting over 200 programming languages.
• Binary downloads.
• Manage teams within organizations.
• Free public repos.
• SSL, HTTPS, and SSH data transmission and two-factor authentication are core elements of security at GitHub.
• Applications and tools that integrate with GitHub.

Testimony to its popularity, GitHub has over 75 million repositories.

Website: www.fossil-scm.org
Support: Community Forum
Developer: GitHub, Inc.
License: –

GitHub is written in the C programming language. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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