Gerrit - Overview

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Gerrit is a web based code review tool which is integrated with Git and built on top of Git version control system (helps developers to work together and maintain the history of their work). It allows to merge changes to Git repository when you are done with the code reviews.

Gerrit was developed by Shawn Pearce at Google which is written in Java, Servlet, GWT(Google Web Toolkit). The stable release of Gerrit is 2.12.2 and published on March 11, 2016 licensed under Apache License v2.

Why Use Gerrit?

Following are certain reasons, why you should use Gerrit.

  • You can easily find the error in the source code using Gerrit.

  • You can work with Gerrit, if you have regular Git client; no need to install any Gerrit client.

  • Gerrit can be used as an intermediate between developers and git repositories.

Features of Gerrit

  • Gerrit is a free and an open source Git version control system.

  • The user interface of Gerrit is formed on Google Web Toolkit.

  • It is a lightweight framework for reviewing every commit.

  • Gerrit acts as a repository, which allows pushing the code and creates the review for your commit.

Advantages of Gerrit

  • Gerrit provides access control for Git repositories and web frontend for code review.

  • You can push the code without using additional command line tools.

  • Gerrit can allow or decline the permission on the repository level and down to the branch level.

  • Gerrit is supported by Eclipse.

Disadvantages of Gerrit

  • Reviewing, verifying and resubmitting the code commits slows down the time to market.

  • Gerrit can work only with Git.

  • Gerrit is slow and it's not possible to change the sort order in which changes are listed.

  • You need administrator rights to add repository on Gerrit.

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