# Questions concerning SCM Life Cycle Management and GIT.

2 messages from 2010-09-10 to 2010-09-10. Participants: Butler, Anna R CIV NSWCDD, W34, Jakub Narebski.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25066

## Butler, Anna R CIV NSWCDD, W34, 2010-09-10 13:44

Subject: Questions concerning SCM Life Cycle Management and GIT.
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Hello,

We are looking for Software Configuration Life Cycle Management Tools.  It looks to me that GIT supports Version Control only.  Is this true or did I miss something?

Does GIT track software Defects? If so can you link elements in the software version repository to a defect?
Does GIT track Requirements?  If so can you link elements in the software version repository to a requirement?
Can GIT link test cases to both a defect and elements in the software version repository?

I appreciate you attention to these questions.  Looking forward to hearing form you.


V/R,

Anna Butler
Software Configuration Manager 
Gun Fire Control Systems Development Branch (W34)
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
540.653.9817

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## Jakub Narebski, 2010-09-10 14:47

Subject: Re: Questions concerning SCM Life Cycle Management and GIT.
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"Butler, Anna R CIV NSWCDD, W34" <anna.butler@navy.mil> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> We are looking for Software Configuration Life Cycle Management
> Tools.  It looks to me that GIT supports Version Control only.  Is
> this true or did I miss something?

Git is distributed version control system only (following UNIX
philosophy "Write programs that *do one thing* and *do it well*").

> Does GIT track software defects? If so can you link elements in the
> software version repository to a defect?
>
> Does GIT track Requirements?  If so can you link elements in the
> software version repository to a requirement?  Can GIT link test
> cases to both a defect and elements in the software version
> repository?
> 
> I appreciate you attention to these questions.  Looking forward to
> hearing form you.

If you want/need *integrated solution* covering whole Software
Configuration Life Cycle Management, there are tools that come
to my mind:

1. Gerrit[1], a web-based collaborative code review tool for Git,
   which uses Git for version control.  It is used by Google for
   development of Android platform.  Open source (Apache license).

2. Kiln[2], from Fog Creek, with integrated code review and FogBugz 
   integration (a web-based project management tool), which uses
   Mercurial (other DVCS) for version control.  IIRC proprietary.

3. There is Launchpad[3], which uses Bazaar for version control.
   Used by Ubuntu.  Open source (AGPLv3).


GitHub offers paid plans, and also hosted GitHub:FI; it includes
issue tracker and a kind of code review.  Similar opensource solution
include Gitorious and InDefero.

HTH

[1] http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/
[2] http://www.fogcreek.com/kiln/
[3] https://launchpad.net/
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git

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