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Microsoft uses git for version control

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Technology FLOSS; By Edmundo Carmona
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Not only has GNOME decided to switch to using git. We have learned that development at Microsoft is based on git too.

Not only has GNOME decided to switch to using git. We have learned that development at Microsoft is based on git too.

Development for Windows 7 is handled on a modified (in-house) version of git that allows it to run natively on Windows (the blessings of the GPL, I believe they must think at Redmond). Why reinvent the wheel when one of the best tools for the job is out there for free?

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