# Page 4 | Git Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 4 - Is Git the right Source Code Management solution for you? Explore 470 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/177211/Git/reviews --- Git 4.8 (470) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/177211/Git/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 16th, 2026 # Page 4 - Reviews of Git ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 76-100 of 470 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Version control of your projects" April 21, 2019 5.0 I use Git to have control of the production versions of the team's projects. In this way I coordinate the merge to the master branch as well as the approval of the pull requests. In this way, both the code backup and its integrity are ensured. Pros With this tool I can have control of the code of my projects. And with the functionality of the branches my team can work on several functionalities at the same time without affecting the production branch. In the same way, production problems can be solved without affecting the work of other developers. Cons Be very careful with the management of branches and merges, since sometimes conflicts between branches can cause code to be lost from some of them. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Android Developer II Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Version Control Heaven" September 19, 2018 5.0 Pros You can't call yourself a programmer if you are not familiar with Git. Git makes it easy for teams (and individuals) to have an organized version control system in place and to collaborate on complex projects. It has become an industry standard and is not going anywhere. As long as you learn the basic commands such as clone, add, commit, push, pull, and branch, you are good to go. Using Git makes the experience of DevOps so much more convenient and easy to manage and be part of. Cons I guess it is a little tricky to learn at first, especially if you are new to programming, but the benefits of being fluent with Git are simply priceless. Review Source NS Nirmala S. Associate Tech Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A powerful source code management tool for anyone" December 29, 2020 5.0 I've been used git with most of my developments in 15 years of time. It is good tool which makes easy to store and share code of my projects with my team mates, to make new versions, create separate versions through branching etc. Pros 1\. It has a powerful source code management system which can be branched easily and mange our code separately when need. 2. It has a powerful history tracking so I can easily find out the changes made my me (or anyone) on the specific branch. 3. It comes with a a powerful command line tool, so I can do most of the tasks issuing couple of commands which makes my development very easy to be done. 4. It is easy to merge with other co-workers code so I can merge all the code and create a fine final product easily using git tools. (branch/merge/cherry-pick/create pull request etc) Cons 1\. If you want to use command line tool, it is not easy to remember the commands and options always. Perhaps you need to find help/guide frequently. 2. When it comes with merge conflicts, resolving them is quite painful if you don't have right merge tools. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Founder Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best source control software" September 25, 2021 5.0 Pros The software makes collaborating in a team effortless. It seems to be the final say in the source control space, as there are no visible limitations. Cons It has so many options that nobody really knows the entire tool well. Often instead of fixing a problem you'll remove the repo and clone it anew to try again from scratch. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CTO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Can't live without" July 15, 2019 5.0 Trying to remember how could we manage software source code without such a great tool as git is. It was a hassle to track versions, to collaborate. By using git (and other online tools built on top of it, like github) developers we can work together but separated as well, we can automate processes involving changes in the codebase, track versions etc. Pros When, a decade ago, started using git, it caused such a relief from traditional source code version tracking hassle, that I still feel the joy of using it. It has a lot of options and use cases and always discovering new options. Cons Command line options are not easy to get used to and learn. Luckily there are plenty of GUIs that can help in daily usage. Review Source Daniele C. Head of software development Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Essential tool for developers" September 16, 2019 5.0 I am very happy to having started using Git. I feel much more confident in managing our releases and versions. Pros Git is in every professional development tool, as it should be. It is simply what developers needed to manage versioning, branches. Being so well integrated, it is a software you can use without thinking too much, at least for the most basic features. Cons It is not so easy to use when you have to "fix" things... To be honest, it is a little bit different to suggest how to improve it, since it is doing a lot of complicated things (merge between old versions, roll backs, forks, ...) but sometimes is a little tricky to use it how you should. Review Source bD bertin D. CEO Animation Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Have better experiences with git" August 7, 2023 5.0 I admit my experience with this tool called git is very good. I am improving with this tool daily. It helps me solve a lot of problems. All my relatives use it I assure you. Pros When I use this tool called git, it never fails. It does the job you expect from this tool perfectly. Git helps me enormously in my various that I carry out daily. Cons Git for a beginner is very difficult to find. Those who have created this tool must put other means, use other techniques so that the beginner who is interested in the tool can use it easily. Review Source Yana P. QA Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "the best and fast source control system" June 9, 2020 5.0 Fast, convenient and saves time twice, you just have to know shortcuts and it will be super quick push request. Pros I use git everyday at my work because it allows to split a big project to many small branches for each developers, everyone can work in their own branch and dont affect the main master branch, so when my work is done and reviewed i can push all my changes to that main branch by one command, its very easy, fast, convenient. It saves time and has user friendly design. Cons Didn't find any negatives due to this tool, i think its the best tool nowadays that is also free, and they have a good user manual so everyone can learn how to use Git. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Enginner Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best version control system I used, once you get to know it" December 11, 2019 5.0 I use git daily for everything at work, as well as some personal stuff - both developer-related and otherwise. Once you understand how it works and how to use it - you can leverage it for a lot of stuff. Pros It's used by everyone, so it's a good skill to have as it transfers very well across jobs. It allows a lot of flexibility in how you work, and is very easy to customize and integrate with other tools. Cons Git has a steep learning curve, and a lot of edge cases. You need to really understand how it works to be able to uses it properly and efficiently. If you don't understand its thinking and concepts you'll face some trials by fire, and may get burned along the way. Review Source Petr V. Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The most widespread tool for version tracking and collaboration." July 28, 2019 5.0 Today's standard for collaboration on code with team but not only because of tracking changes on our code, it servicing as incremental backup solution too. Pros Direct integrations in many IDE. Many GUI tools to control like Tortoise and etc. Free and open source, can be hosted on own server. Documentation and many tutorials available. Ready to manageable via scripts. Cross platform compatibility. Binary saving, so it's suitable not only for texts. Saving snapshots saves disk space. Internet independent, can be used in offline mode. Cons There is no disadvantages, maybe some additional features which can be easily supplement by others projects. Review Source Salvatore R. Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Is the Best VCS" November 26, 2019 5.0 My experience is the better experience with an SCM product. Pros I use GIT from 2016 and when i discovery this VCS i love it. I think that is the better VCS in the world, because have following feature: simply, fast, customizable, free. Cons Nothing. Because actually i don't found a real problem with git, is the better than SVN, CVS, ClearCase that i used. Switched from [IBM Rational ClearCase](https://www.capterra.com/p/177256/IBM-Rational-ClearCase/) Because clearcase VCS is very slowly and dangerous. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Computer Science Student Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Go-To Software For Version Control" October 13, 2019 5.0 I have never needed another version control tool as Git covered all my needs. Pros It is the industry standard and there is a reason for it. You can have merge and remote repositories. The history feature is also great as you can go back to a working old version if you mess up somewhere. Managing the branches is easy, you can even add comments. The upload is very fast as Git compresses the code. Cons I really did not come across any cons myself, but I have heard starters complain about the command line tool. However, it can easily be overcome by installing a GUI. Still, the documentation can be improved. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Angular Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Subversion Control System" August 7, 2020 5.0 I daily use Git , and now I am good to use it , I do not start my work without Git , my overall experience with Git is good. Pros I am a Software developer , and I daily use Git for creating my local copy of code for version control , using Git , it is easy to create separate branch for writing code and the merge to master . Git is very use full if multiple developer are working on same project . Git documentation is easily available , with community support. Cons You need to understand each and every git command , learning commands and understanding it needs lots of practice , it also requires internet connection. Review Source Raj S. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A necessary version control tool" April 5, 2022 5.0 Pros With the help of Git, it becomes easy to manage all the versions of the project. Collaborating with other developers becomes easy by making different branches in Git. It can be integrated easily with Github. If there are some errors in the current version, then we can go back to the previous versions anytime. Cons The git commands could be confusing initially. Merging the conflicts that occurred during collaboration with other developers could become tedious sometimes. Review Source Javier P. System Administrator Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Necessary for personal and professional field." December 21, 2022 4.0 My overall experience has been very good. I love it and use it for personal and professional projects. You always get it to good use. Pros Git's feature set is the very essence of it. It was born mainly as a version control and it is the most interesting thing about this app. Cons Although it is very interesting software for personal use, it is likely for a person who is not related to the world of computing. Review Source Morgan C. CIO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Git won the SCM war" August 17, 2018 5.0 We manage all our code with git. We've never had issues, and the power of rebasing and merging and feature branches enable us to work with a distributed team. Pros I've been using git since 2007 and it has become the de facto version control system that every developer needs to know and use. Particularly for Open Source, it has won the war over other distributed version control systems like arch, bzr and mercurial, aided by add ons like github.com which made git "easy" and enabled standard workflows on top of it. Cons git still has sharp edges, and unintuitive commands - but this is the byproduct of its flexibility. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MUST-HAVE FOR EVERY CODER" September 8, 2018 5.0 Pros The source code management of Git is the necessity of every coder. It works fast. Git integrates so well with different IDEs. It is great in branching, also pull requests for code management. It is amazing and unlike other similar service. It is simple and useful. You can't call yourself a professional developer if you don't use Git at least at times. Cons Getting used to Git could be a bit of a challenge initially, but I'd definitely recommend all CS students and programming enthusiasts to give it a try and watch a few tutorials. Git will save you a lot of time and work. Review Source Joel Isaac M. Co Founder Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The versioning tool" October 7, 2019 5.0 I love it, now I every time that I am in my computer ready to programming, I have always a shell ready to use git, is like a ritual now for me. Pros Git is almost everywhere, and I say almost because I don't know every versioning service as azure, GitHub, bitbucket but git is almost everywhere, if you want to work as a developer you MUST learn git, that is the biggest pro with git. Cons I don't have any cons to say about git, in my experience, once you learn it you will love it, or maybe this is a con, "Once you learn it" and then you figure out that you never end learning about git. Reason for choosing Git Integration everywhere Review Source Kaleb-John L. Senior Firmware Engineer Computer Networking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Source Code Management Standard" August 23, 2019 5.0 Git is used as one of the primary version control programs at our company. It is used for its intended purpose which is to manage our code base and it does it exceptionally well. It only takes an hour or so to learn the basics of Git and once you do that, Git becomes an invaluable resource. Pros Git is a simple to use free source code management program. You can locally create and manage a workspace with versioning and quickly setup your project with a couple simple commands. From there you can setup a server or use a myriad of online Git servers to share your work with others and have a collaborative project where everyone can contribute their work with minimal conflicts. Cons Once you learn a few Git commands most of Git is simple to use. The only downside compared to other version control software is that Git does not handle merge conflicts as well. Sometimes Git will require you to manually merge the files while other software will do a better walkthrough of the conflicts. Review Source CJ Caleb J. Junior Web Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Git - Version control in your control" July 29, 2019 4.0 The experience has been exceptional, the commands are simple and easy to learn and use. The installation is also pretty simple so you can be up an running in no time. Also paring with GitHub is a breeze, just smooth and sweet. The command-line interface to me is the best since Git is a CLI tool; therefore getting use to the CLI with practice makes total sense. Pros Git is considered a distributed version control with one of its key feature being its branching ability. The branching feature allows each developer to work in an isolated environment no matter how big or how small the project. This ensure that the master branch remains only with production-quality code at all times. Working with Git, each developer is provided with their own local repository versus having only a working a copy when using the traditional centralized version control systems. The benefit here is speed, things are fast with local history and also it removes the need of having a network access to make commits. Since everyone has their own repo, having some out doesn't break the flow as everyone else will be able to carry on their merry business as usual. Last but not least, Git is easy to learn with a large community and a free Pro Git ebook available for download which has tons of useful information. Cons I have not found any dislikes about the software. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Git Review" December 20, 2022 5.0 Pros We are using Git tool in my company in order to work and collaborate all together on the same project. By using this tool, it is possible to track the history of the code and trace the actions of the users. Cons Git is an impressive tool, however it provides a lot of commands to memorize and understand without any graphical interface. To reduce its complexity, I am utilizing Git Desktop which calls Git commands through an easy to use UI. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Git, the source control of my choice" May 20, 2019 5.0 Pros It just works. Coming from a history of subversion, where every branch / merge took at least a few minutes on a larger code base and led to conflicts to solve manually, those actions just work in git without any hassle. The whole ecosystem around git is a big plus, too. There is no vendor lock-in. Cons In the beginning, it's more complicated to get started. Checking in files is a two step process (checkout and push), compared to non-decentralized version control systems like subversion. But that's basically the only con I can imagine at the moment. Review Source Alberto José L. Web Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Infinity gauntlet for developers" June 26, 2021 5.0 One of the most used, important and greatest tool for IT company, freelance or developer team, great work with the community around git. Pros Easy to use is the most clearly sentence for describe this software, simple commands for developers. A tool that really help to keep order on our code. Cons Its a standar, which means that not a required tool on all developers team or companies and some developers not know about the tool, mostly common on junior developer Reason for choosing Git Because is standard around the world and developers that don't know this tool its not real developers. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Consumer Electronics Used the software for: 2+ years ### "If you are coder and don't use git, you are not legit yet" November 9, 2019 5.0 I use it for work to pull from the centralized code base, make my changes locally, and push them for code review. Pros I like how I can git pull, git checkout, git rebase, git add, git commit, git push, and feel safe that all my code is going to be kept track of. I honestly have never even heard of other types of version control because Git is so good. Cons It takes some real world experience to truly understand it, but even so, it is quick to learn and very powerful. I didn't really understand it until I started my first CS job at a start up, but now I think its great. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Git is easily the best VCS out there" November 12, 2018 5.0 We use Git in conjunction with several other tools to backup, track, and deploy changes to our codebase. We also peer-review pull requests as part of our development cycle. Pros Once you get a handle on the basic philosophy of Git, it becomes a very powerful and intuitive tool. Cons It is a fairly low-level tool, so you can very easily blow your foot off. Making some of the more sophisticated features more accessible to intermediate users would drive adoption even higher, but this certainly doesn't detract from the software as there are plenty of resources to guide and educate you. Review Source Similar Products Featured