Data Sheet

Git Adoption in the Enterprise

Git Adoption in the Enterprise

As the popularity of Git among developers grows, enterprises look for ways to embrace the increase in
Git adoption. The performance, flexibility, and developer-friendly features of Git have made it a prevalent
version control tool among distributed teams and for developers working on open source projects. Often
large and complex enterprise software development environments require even greater levels of security,
process management, and traceability.

Product Overview Key Benefits

Micro Focus® GitCentric (formerly Kando) pro- •  Differences in branches in a repository, which
vides developers with the freedom to use Git ­enables you to take appropriate action on ‘dead’
without compromising the benefits of an enter- or ‘stale’ branches
prise class Software Change and Configuration •  Provides control and scalability for Git in the
Management (SCCM) platform. GitCentric enterprise
enables the power and flexibility of Git to be •  Streamlines code review process for Git users
using Gerrit
augmented with security, auditability, and de-
•  Ensures that your enterprise software code is
velopment process visualization. secure and your development is compliant
•  Managers, testers, release engineers, and
The administrator of the Git repositories controls ­developers always stay on the same page
who can change the data, either by pushing or •  Features and fixes are released exactly when
pulling data from the store. With GitCentric, that you need them
administrator maps Git branches to AccuRev •  Git developers continue to use Git natively in a
secure environment, without disruptions
streams. This enables development teams to
manage and visualize relationships between Git
repositories and branches with integrated issue Features
tracking and security.
•  Fully explore your Git repositories Commit history,
Figure 1. Hybrid SCM solutions with AccuRev and
SourceTree and branches
GitCentric
Key Features •  Built-in Gerrit Code Review
Process Visualization •  Enterprise security and administration tools
•  Visualization and drag-and-drop control of
Unlike typical Git repository visualization tools,
­development process
GitCentric provides a unique visual represen- •  Fully integrated issue tracking system
tation as well as dynamic graphical control •  Change packages and dependency analysis for
of all work in progress for your entire global issue-based development
development organization. This eliminates •  All Git repositories may be mapped to powerful
the hand-scripted and error-prone process of AccuRev Smart Streams
maintaining the hierarchy outside of the system, •  Authentication and support for LDAP and
Microsoft Active Directory
as is commonly done with separate tools such
as Visio or on a whiteboard. Additionally, all of
this functionality is available from the command
Figure 2. Source tree revisualization
line interface for maximum power and flexibility.
Security with Access Controls changes to elements in a project are atomic
for Users and Groups transactions, applied in their entirety or not
With GitCentric, administrators can now cre- at all, avoiding the possibility of broken builds
ate access control lists (ACLs) for specific or indeterminate states due to the Software Micro Focus
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tory. GitCentric’s graphical interface for ACLs release at any time is crucial. As all operations
makes it easy to manage access for large are TimeSafe, changes may be appended, but U.S. Headquarters
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GitCentric’s change packages make it easy prac­tices, which enable easy mapping to the
for developers to work at the change level. optimal process model for the organization.
Integrated issue tracking enables issues and GitCentric includes Gerrit Code Review, offer-
features to be grouped together, and differ- ing users the benefits of an on-board review
encing between releases can be done at the process. Additional best practices include built-
feature/bug/patch level instead of just the file in advanced parallel development capabilities
level. Change packages are integrated with is- that scale with your team’s changing business
sue tracking, and changes can be checked in or requirements.
reverted by issue, supporting an ideal granular
management of software change for a software Conclusion
development process. Micro Focus can help you to provide your de-
velopers with the freedom to use Git without
Audit Compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley) compromising the benefits of an enterprise
Using the import tool within GitCentric, Git his- class Software Change and Configuration
tory may be imported into AccuRev. Because Man­agement (SCCM) platform. Implementing
all changes made to a Git repository pass GitCentric within your organisation enables the
through GitCentric, all processes and op- power and flexibility of Git to be augmented
erations are TimeSafe, guaranteeing repro- with security, auditability, and development pro-
ducibility of the source base and enabling a cess visualization.
strong and traceable audit trail. In addition, all

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