Other tools for source control
Next to the source control systems available in Azure Repos, there are also some other well-known systems that you should know about:
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Subversion
We’ll go over each of these in the upcoming subsections.
GitHub
GitHub is a hosted source control provider that delivers hosted Git repositories. GitHub allows anyone to create as many publicly visible repositories as they want. When you create private repositories that require three or more contributors, you must switch to a paid subscription.
This model allows unlimited free usage of the platform if developing in public, which has made GitHub by far the largest host of open source software in the world.
GitHub was acquired by Microsoft in 2018 and since then, Microsoft and GitHub have worked together to create a great integration experience between GitHub repositories and Azure DevOps, specifically with Azure Boards and Azure Pipelines. In addition to...