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Project Summary

Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.

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code collaboration console development distributed dscm dvcs git git-gui gui programming repository revision_control scm source_control tools vcs version_control

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Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

Project Vulnerability Report

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Vulnerability Exposure Index

Many reported vulnerabilities
Few reported vulnerabilities

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About Project Security

Languages

C
51%
shell script
39%
15 Other
10%

30 Day Summary

Nov 28 2025 — Dec 28 2025

12 Month Summary

Dec 28 2024 — Dec 28 2025
  • 3412 Commits
    Down -551 (13%) from previous 12 months
  • 174 Contributors
    Up + 4 (2%) from previous 12 months
 

Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for git/git )

Repository URL: https://github.com/git/git

Version:

2023-08-22
Last Analyzed
280,106
Lines of Code Analyze
1.89
Defect Density

Defects by status for current build

529
Total defects
529
Outstanding
0
Fixed

CWE Top 25 defects

ID CWE-Name Number of Defects
120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') 1
676 Use of Potentially Dangerous Function 5