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Git was developed by Torvalds and is a huge advance in version control software. And it is free and open source. So there needs to be a well written section on Git. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TailHook (talk • contribs) 05:06, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So do it. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 13:17, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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