* Add files, create branches and edit directly in the browser for instant gratification. * Have full control of both individuals and teams by defining repository and branch level permissions. It’s flexible and works for organizations of any size. * Keep the entire team on the same page with notifications, email digests, compare view, and a detailed history of commits and files. * Request a code review, assign reviews, and get to work. The review process is designed to start the discussion early and integrates directly with your branch, resulting in more feedback from your team. * Comments that require a specific action are separated into issues so you know exactly what’s in the way of getting your feature approved. * Get an at-a-glance look at your team’s progress as more branches and commits are created and reviewed.

* Git allows and encourages you to have multiple local branches that can be entirely independent of each other. The creation, merging, and deletion of those lines of development takes seconds. * Git is fast. With Git, nearly all operations are performed locally, giving it a huge speed advantage on centralized systems that constantly have to communicate with a server somewhere. * One of the nicest features of any Distributed SCM, Git included, is that it's distributed. This means that instead of doing a "checkout" of the current tip of the source code, you do a "clone" of the entire repository. * The data model that Git uses ensures the cryptographic integrity of every bit of your project. Every file and commit is checksummed and retrieved by its checksum when checked back out. It's impossible to get anything out of Git other than the exact bits you put in. * Git has something called the "staging area" or "index". This is an intermediate area where commits can be formatted and reviewed before completing the commit. * Git is released under the GNU General Public License version 2.0, which is an open source license. The Git project chose to use GPLv2 to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software---to make sure the software is free for all its users.