* 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.

* Manage issues and fix bugs faster - The Serena PVCS Pro suite contains Serena Issue and Defect Management, orchestrated by Serena Business Manager (SBM), which automates the capture, routing, collaboration, and resolution of issues and defects. This helps you ensure that your issues are resolved quicker and nothing falls through the cracks. Serena Issue and Defect Management offers powerful capabilities like easily customizable WYSIWYG forms, a new process designer, simplified change management, and out-of-the-box trend reporting. * Interoperate with ease - Through web services and orchestrations powered by SBM, Serena PVCS Pro can easily interoperate with other environments. * Compliance with confidence - Through SBM, Serena PVCS Pro provides collaborative integrated change and version management for workgroups and small teams. For larger and distributed teams seeking support for faster modern development practices, increased scalability and performance, and adopting DevOps initiatives such as Shift-Left and continuous inspection, an automated migration path is available to Serena Dimensions CM