Git was developed in 2015 by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. But in the last decade, it gained a lot of interest, and today, due to its flexibility, nearly every development environment uses Git and runs Git command-line tools on every major operating system.
Below are the reasons why Git is popular :
Performance : Git has very powerful raw performance characteristics be it branching, merging, or comparing the past versions; it is robust and optimized. Git gives special attention to the content, and it uses a blend of delta encoding and compression. Further, it also clearly stores directory contents and metadata object versions.
Security : Integrity is the topmost priority of Git. Its cryptography hashing algorithm named SHA1 safely stores all objects in the Git repository and maintains a true relationship between files and directories.
Flexibility : From supporting nonlinear development workflow to adaptability with various systems and protocols, Git is exceptionally elastic. Git’s amazing tracking system offers features like treating branching and tagging as first-class citizens. Its ‘change history’ also features stores operations affecting branches and tags.
