Gerrit
Original author(s)Google
Initial release2 November 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-02) (independent release, labelled version 2)[1]
Stable release
3.9.2[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 8 March 2024
Repository
Written inJava
PlatformJava Platform, Enterprise Edition
Available inEnglish
TypeCode review
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitewww.gerritcodereview.com

Gerrit (/ˈɡɛrɪt/ GERR-it) is a free, web-based team code collaboration tool. Software developers in a team can review each other's modifications on their source code using a Web browser and approve or reject those changes. It integrates closely with Git, a distributed version control system.

Gerrit is a fork of Rietveld, a code review tool for Subversion. Both are namesakes of Dutch designer Gerrit Rietveld.[3][4]

History

Originally written in Python like Rietveld, it is now written in Java (Java EE Servlet) with SQL since version 2 and a custom-made Git-based database (NoteDb) since version 3.[5]

In versions 2.0–2.16 Gerrit used Google Web Toolkit[6] for its browser-based front-end. After being developed and used in parallel with GWT for versions 2.14–2.16, a new Polymer[7] web UI replaced the GWT UI in version 3.0.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gerrit2 - Access Controls". gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com. 2 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Release 3.9.2". 8 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Gerrit's History". Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  4. ^ van Rossum, Guido (2008-05-06). "An Open Source App: Rietveld Code Review Tool". Blogspot. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  5. ^ "Gerrit Code Review - NoteDb Backend". 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  6. ^ "Gerrit: Google-style code review meets git". LWN.net. 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  7. ^ "Gerrit Polymer Frontend". Retrieved 2020-10-12.

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