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Git is a revision control originally designed for the Linux kernel. Git was eventually also used for other large open source projects. Git was originally written by Linus Torvalds and is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
Obtaining Git
Your distibution may provide a precompiled package of git. Daily snapshots of the main Git development branch are also available from http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/projects/git-snapshots/git/
After this initial installation, it is possible to get git using git:
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
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