Report: Git User's Survey 2008
Activity
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Responses |
1. What country do you live in?
Total respondents | 2857 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 379 |
2. How old are you (in years)?
Total respondents | 2831 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 405 |
3. With which programming languages are you proficient?
C | 61.5% |
|
1780 |
shell | 52.2% |
|
1509 |
Perl | 28.7% |
|
829 |
Python | 37.5% |
|
1084 |
Tcl/Tk | 3.1% |
|
89 |
C++ | 40.3% |
|
1166 |
Java | 41.2% |
|
1191 |
C# | 14.2% |
|
412 |
Visual Basic | 6.7% |
|
194 |
Emacs Lisp | 7% |
|
202 |
Common Lisp or Scheme | 9.2% |
|
265 |
PHP | 39.6% |
|
1147 |
Ruby | 48.5% |
|
1403 |
Delphi | 3.4% |
|
98 |
JavaScript | 44.3% |
|
1283 |
Assembly | 14.6% |
|
421 |
I am not programmer | 1.6% |
|
47 |
Other (comma separated list) | 17.5% |
|
506 |
Total respondents | 2893 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 343 |
4. How did you hear about Git?
Linux kernel news | 27.4% |
|
785 |
news site or magazine | 18.7% |
|
536 |
blog entry | 34.7% |
|
993 |
some project uses it | 39% |
|
1117 |
required at work | 6.9% |
|
199 |
presentation or seminar | 10.3% |
|
294 |
SCM research | 16% |
|
457 |
IRC | 8.8% |
|
253 |
mailing list | 9.9% |
|
285 |
told by friend | 18% |
|
516 |
word of mouth | 21.7% |
|
622 |
Other (please specify) | 7.9% |
|
226 |
Total respondents | 2865 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 371 |
5. Did you find Git easy to learn?
Very easy | 5.8% |
|
166 |
Easy | 22.3% |
|
638 |
Reasonably | 52% |
|
1488 |
Hard | 17.5% |
|
500 |
Very hard | 2.4% |
|
70 |
Total respondents | 2862 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 374 |
6. What helped you most in learning to use it?
Total respondents | 2472 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 764 |
7. What did you find hardest in learning and using Git?
Total respondents | 2188 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 1048 |
8. Which Git version(s) are you using?
pre 1.3 | 0.4% |
|
11 |
1.3.x | 0.4% |
|
10 |
1.4.x | 2.7% |
|
77 |
1.5.x | 69.4% |
|
1957 |
1.6.x | 40.3% |
|
1137 |
'master' branch of official git repository | 8.6% |
|
244 |
'next' branch of official git repository | 1.5% |
|
42 |
Total respondents | 2821 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 415 |
9. How long do you use Git?
never | 0.5% |
|
14 |
less than month | 5.7% |
|
163 |
1-3 months | 18.8% |
|
539 |
3-6 months | 26.1% |
|
746 |
6-12 months | 26.4% |
|
755 |
1-2 year | 16.2% |
|
463 |
more than 2 years | 3.3% |
|
94 |
from the beginning | 2.5% |
|
72 |
I don't remember | 0.6% |
|
16 |
Total respondents | 2862 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 374 |
10. Rate your own proficiency with Git:
novice | 7.5% |
|
215 |
casual, needs advice | 22.5% |
|
644 |
everyday use | 43.1% |
|
1233 |
can offer advice | 23.3% |
|
666 |
know it very well | 3.6% |
|
104 |
Total respondents | 2862 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 369 |
11. Does git.git repository include code produced by you?
Yes | 8.7% |
|
243 |
No | 91.3% |
|
2559 |
Total respondents | 2802 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 434 |
12. What other SCM did or do you use?
Never | Used it | Still use | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SCCS |
|
|
|
1756 | ||||||
RCS |
|
|
|
1870 | ||||||
CVS |
|
|
|
2498 | ||||||
Subversion |
|
|
|
2763 | ||||||
Arch (or clone) |
|
|
|
1763 | ||||||
Bazaar-NG |
|
|
|
1839 | ||||||
Darcs |
|
|
|
1836 | ||||||
Mercurial |
|
|
|
1943 | ||||||
Monotone |
|
|
|
1761 | ||||||
SVK |
|
|
|
1806 | ||||||
AccuRev |
|
|
|
1733 | ||||||
Perforce |
|
|
|
1839 | ||||||
BitKeeper |
|
|
|
1761 | ||||||
ClearCase |
|
|
|
1822 | ||||||
MS Visual SourceSafe |
|
|
|
1933 | ||||||
MS Visual Studio Team System |
|
|
|
1745 | ||||||
PVCS |
|
|
|
1774 | ||||||
custom (non-published) |
|
|
|
1726 | ||||||
other |
|
|
|
1638 | ||||||
Total respondents | 2853 | |||||||||
Respondents who skipped this question | 383 |
13.
Why did you choose/use Git? (if you use Git)
What do you like about using Git?
Total respondents | 2432 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 804 |
14.
Why did you choose/use other SCMs? (if you use other SCMs)
What do you like about using other SCMs?
Total respondents | 1908 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 1328 |
15.
Do you miss features in git that you know from other SCMs?
If yes, what features are these (and from which SCM)?
Total respondents | 1489 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 1747 |
16. I use Git for (check all that apply):
work projects | 77.9% |
|
2195 |
unpaid projects | 78.4% |
|
2211 |
proprietary code | 35.9% |
|
1011 |
OSS development | 65.5% |
|
1847 |
private (unpublished) code | 72.3% |
|
2037 |
personal data | 32.4% |
|
913 |
documents | 27.4% |
|
772 |
website or web app | 48.4% |
|
1365 |
sharing data or sync | 18.6% |
|
524 |
backup | 20.4% |
|
574 |
wiki/blog/other web app backend | 10.3% |
|
290 |
managing configuration files | 24.7% |
|
695 |
frontend to other SCM (e.g. git-svn) | 31.8% |
|
897 |
Other (please specify) | 2.3% |
|
65 |
Total respondents | 2819 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 417 |
17. How do you obtain Git?
binary package | 63.9% |
|
1787 |
source package or script | 24.3% |
|
680 |
source tarball | 27.1% |
|
758 |
pull from main repository | 19.1% |
|
533 |
Total respondents | 2796 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 440 |
18. What operating system do you use Git on?
Linux | 85.6% |
|
2434 |
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD | 8.6% |
|
244 |
MacOS X (Darwin) | 46.8% |
|
1330 |
MS Windows/Cygwin | 10.5% |
|
297 |
MS Windows/msysGit (MINGW) | 15.9% |
|
452 |
UnixWare | 0% |
|
1 |
SCO SV | 0.1% |
|
2 |
SunOS | 0.6% |
|
18 |
Solaris, OpenSolaris | 5% |
|
143 |
AIX | 0.7% |
|
21 |
IRIX | 0.2% |
|
5 |
HP-UX | 0.4% |
|
10 |
Other, please specify | 1.1% |
|
32 |
Total respondents | 2842 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 394 |
19. What hardware platforms do you use Git on?
32bit | 88.8% |
|
2484 |
64bit | 60.8% |
|
1700 |
portable/handheld | 3.3% |
|
92 |
other (please specify) | 0.8% |
|
23 |
Total respondents | 2798 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 438 |
20. What editor, IDE or RAD you use working with Git?
Eclipse | 13.4% |
|
364 |
NetBeans | 5.7% |
|
154 |
IntelliJ IDEA | 1.6% |
|
43 |
MS Visual Studio | 4.6% |
|
125 |
KDevelop | 3% |
|
82 |
Anjuta | 0.5% |
|
13 |
XCode | 5.1% |
|
139 |
PIDA | 0.2% |
|
5 |
Eric | 0.3% |
|
7 |
Emacs | 21.5% |
|
582 |
Vim | 51% |
|
1380 |
Notepad++ | 3.7% |
|
100 |
TextMate | 32.9% |
|
890 |
Other, please specify | 15.1% |
|
410 |
Total respondents | 2707 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 529 |
21. Which porcelains / interfaces / implementations do you use?
git (core) | 99% |
|
2654 |
Cogito (DEPRECATED) | 0.5% |
|
14 |
Easy Git | 0.9% |
|
24 |
Pyrite | 0% |
|
1 |
StGIT | 2.3% |
|
63 |
Guilt (formerly gq) | 0.6% |
|
15 |
TopGit | 1.1% |
|
30 |
pg aka Patchy Git (DEPRECATED) | 0.1% |
|
2 |
JGit (Java implementation) | 1.4% |
|
38 |
my own scripts | 12% |
|
321 |
Other (please specify) | 2.9% |
|
79 |
Total respondents | 2681 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 555 |
22. Which git GUI (commit tool or history viewer, or both) do you use?
CLI (command line) | 73.7% |
|
1868 |
gitk | 61.7% |
|
1563 |
git gui | 20.9% |
|
529 |
QGit | 9.7% |
|
245 |
GitView | 0.6% |
|
14 |
Giggle | 5.1% |
|
128 |
tig | 5.4% |
|
137 |
git-sh (git shell) | 1.5% |
|
38 |
instaweb | 2.7% |
|
68 |
(h)gct | 0.1% |
|
2 |
qct | 0.2% |
|
5 |
git-cola / ugit | 0.2% |
|
5 |
GitNub | 11.5% |
|
291 |
GitX | 1.7% |
|
44 |
Pyrite | 0% |
|
1 |
git.el or git-vc.el | 3.7% |
|
94 |
DVC (Emacs) | 1.5% |
|
38 |
EGit (Eclipse plugin) | 2.2% |
|
56 |
Push Me Pull You | 0.1% |
|
3 |
gitSafe | 0.1% |
|
2 |
Other, please specify | 3.8% |
|
96 |
Total respondents | 2533 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 703 |
23.
Which git web interface do you use for your projects/have installed?
(Web interfaces used by git hosting sites do not count[*])
gitweb (Perl) | 79.7% |
|
781 |
cgit (C) | 10.6% |
|
104 |
Wit (Ruby) | 0.5% |
|
5 |
git-php (PHP) | 1.5% |
|
15 |
viewgit (PHP) | 0.7% |
|
7 |
gitarella (Ruby) | 0.6% |
|
6 |
Gitorious (Ruby) | 10.2% |
|
100 |
InDefero (PHP) | 0.3% |
|
3 |
Other, please specify | 10.8% |
|
106 |
Total respondents | 980 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 2256 |
24.
Which git hosting site do you use for your projects?
(Please check only hosting sites where you publish/push to)
repo.or.cz | 9.9% |
|
237 |
GitHub | 58.9% |
|
1404 |
Gitorious | 7.2% |
|
171 |
Savannah | 1.6% |
|
37 |
Assembla | 1.7% |
|
41 |
Unfuddle | 2.8% |
|
66 |
kernel.org | 1.6% |
|
37 |
freedesktop.org | 2.1% |
|
50 |
Alioth | 2.6% |
|
63 |
Fedora Hosted | 0.6% |
|
14 |
generic site without git support | 4.5% |
|
107 |
self hosted | 45.9% |
|
1095 |
Other (please specify) | 3.6% |
|
87 |
Total respondents | 2385 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 851 |
25. How do you publish/propagate your changes?
push | 89.7% |
|
2355 |
pull request | 27% |
|
709 |
format-patch + email | 22.2% |
|
584 |
git bundle | 1.8% |
|
48 |
git-svn | 26.8% |
|
704 |
other | 1.9% |
|
51 |
foreign SCM, not git-svn (please specify tool and SCM) | 3.1% |
|
82 |
Total respondents | 2625 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 611 |
26.
If the way you publish your changes is not mentioned above, how do you publish your changes?
Please explain.
Total respondents | 154 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 3082 |
27.
How often do you use the following forms of git commands
or extra git tools?
never | rarely | sometimes | often | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
git add -i / -p |
|
|
|
|
2174 | ||||||||
git add -u / -A |
|
|
|
|
2071 | ||||||||
git am |
|
|
|
|
2049 | ||||||||
git am -i |
|
|
|
|
2019 | ||||||||
git apply |
|
|
|
|
2039 | ||||||||
git apply --whitespace=fix |
|
|
|
|
2006 | ||||||||
git archive |
|
|
|
|
2025 | ||||||||
git bisect |
|
|
|
|
2060 | ||||||||
git bisect run <cmd> |
|
|
|
|
2002 | ||||||||
git annotate |
|
|
|
|
2034 | ||||||||
git gui blame |
|
|
|
|
2007 | ||||||||
git blame |
|
|
|
|
2064 | ||||||||
git blame -L <start>,<end> etc. |
|
|
|
|
1976 | ||||||||
git bundle |
|
|
|
|
1988 | ||||||||
git cherry |
|
|
|
|
2001 | ||||||||
git cherry-pick |
|
|
|
|
2068 | ||||||||
git cherry-pick -n |
|
|
|
|
1979 | ||||||||
git citool |
|
|
|
|
1971 | ||||||||
git clean |
|
|
|
|
2009 | ||||||||
git add + git commit |
|
|
|
|
2161 | ||||||||
git commit -a |
|
|
|
|
2270 | ||||||||
git commit <file>... |
|
|
|
|
2122 | ||||||||
git commit -i <file>... |
|
|
|
|
1978 | ||||||||
git commit --amend |
|
|
|
|
2068 | ||||||||
git cvsexportcommit |
|
|
|
|
1979 | ||||||||
git cvsserver |
|
|
|
|
1987 | ||||||||
git daemon |
|
|
|
|
1999 | ||||||||
git daemon (pushing enabled) |
|
|
|
|
1979 | ||||||||
git ... --dirstat |
|
|
|
|
1965 | ||||||||
git fetch [<options>] |
|
|
|
|
2065 | ||||||||
git filter-branch |
|
|
|
|
1984 | ||||||||
git format-patch |
|
|
|
|
2019 | ||||||||
git grep |
|
|
|
|
2037 | ||||||||
git imap-send |
|
|
|
|
1985 | ||||||||
git instaweb |
|
|
|
|
1973 | ||||||||
git log --grep/--author/... |
|
|
|
|
2040 | ||||||||
git log -S<string> (pickaxe search) |
|
|
|
|
1985 | ||||||||
git log --graph |
|
|
|
|
1990 | ||||||||
git merge |
|
|
|
|
2156 | ||||||||
git merge with strategy |
|
|
|
|
1981 | ||||||||
git merge --squash |
|
|
|
|
1992 | ||||||||
git mergetool |
|
|
|
|
1983 | ||||||||
git pull (no remote) |
|
|
|
|
2166 | ||||||||
git pull --rebase [<options>] |
|
|
|
|
2006 | ||||||||
git pull <remote> |
|
|
|
|
2179 | ||||||||
git pull <ref> |
|
|
|
|
2041 | ||||||||
git push |
|
|
|
|
2261 | ||||||||
Total respondents | 2393 | ||||||||||||
Respondents who skipped this question | 843 |
28.
How often do you use the following forms of git commands
or extra git tools? (continued)
never | rarely | sometimes | often | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
git relink |
|
|
|
|
1952 | ||||||||
git rebase |
|
|
|
|
2116 | ||||||||
git rebase -i |
|
|
|
|
1997 | ||||||||
git remote |
|
|
|
|
2025 | ||||||||
git remote update |
|
|
|
|
1966 | ||||||||
git request-pull |
|
|
|
|
1962 | ||||||||
git revert |
|
|
|
|
2059 | ||||||||
git send-email |
|
|
|
|
1969 | ||||||||
git show-branch |
|
|
|
|
1977 | ||||||||
git shortlog |
|
|
|
|
1974 | ||||||||
git shortlog -s |
|
|
|
|
1958 | ||||||||
git stash |
|
|
|
|
2063 | ||||||||
git stash --keep-index |
|
|
|
|
1949 | ||||||||
git submodule |
|
|
|
|
1993 | ||||||||
git svn |
|
|
|
|
2065 | ||||||||
git whatchanged |
|
|
|
|
1963 | ||||||||
git gui |
|
|
|
|
2027 | ||||||||
gitk |
|
|
|
|
2107 | ||||||||
Total respondents | 2257 | ||||||||||||
Respondents who skipped this question | 979 |
29. Which of the following features do or did you use?
git-gui or other commit tool | 30.7% |
|
666 |
gitk or other history viewer | 73.2% |
|
1586 |
patch management interface (e.g. StGIT) | 5.5% |
|
119 |
git bundle (off-line transport) | 4.7% |
|
101 |
eol conversion (crlf) | 8.1% |
|
176 |
gitattributes | 6.2% |
|
135 |
submodules (subprojects) | 25.6% |
|
554 |
separate worktree | 6.5% |
|
141 |
multiple worktrees (git-new-worktree) | 3.3% |
|
72 |
alternates mechanism (sharing object database) | 5.6% |
|
122 |
reflog | 15.6% |
|
339 |
stash | 54.5% |
|
1180 |
shallow clone | 7.9% |
|
172 |
detaching HEAD | 14.3% |
|
309 |
mergetool | 17.4% |
|
376 |
interactive rebase | 30.9% |
|
670 |
add --interactive or other partial commit helper | 34.2% |
|
741 |
commit templates | 1.8% |
|
38 |
git-filter-branch or cg-admin-rewritehist | 6.6% |
|
143 |
bisect | 29.7% |
|
643 |
working with dirty tree | 18.7% |
|
405 |
integration with IDE/editor | 19.3% |
|
418 |
non-default hooks | 10.9% |
|
236 |
shell completion of commands | 43.9% |
|
951 |
git-aware shell prompt | 21.6% |
|
469 |
my own scripts | 24.1% |
|
523 |
Total respondents | 2167 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 1069 |
30.
Which features do you find unique and/or useful ones,
compared to other systems (other SCMs)?
git bundle (off-line transport) | 10.4% |
|
190 |
eol conversion (crlf) | 6.5% |
|
119 |
gitattributes | 4.6% |
|
84 |
submodules (subprojects) | 21.9% |
|
399 |
separate worktree | 11.3% |
|
207 |
alternates mechanism (sharing oject database) | 6.9% |
|
126 |
reflog | 16.2% |
|
295 |
stash | 61.5% |
|
1121 |
shallow clone | 6.9% |
|
126 |
detaching HEAD | 9.7% |
|
177 |
mergetool | 13.6% |
|
248 |
interactive rebase | 39% |
|
711 |
add --interactive or other partial commit helper | 37% |
|
674 |
the index | 43.3% |
|
789 |
commit templates | 3.6% |
|
65 |
git-filter-branch or cg-admin-rewritehist | 6.9% |
|
125 |
bisect | 40.3% |
|
735 |
working with dirty tree | 14.5% |
|
264 |
hooks system | 17.7% |
|
323 |
scriptability | 27.2% |
|
497 |
Total respondents | 1824 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 1412 |
31. If you use some important Git features not mentioned above, what are those?
Total respondents | 198 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 3038 |
32. Overall, how happy are you with Git?
unhappy | 0.7% |
|
19 |
not so happy | 3.3% |
|
86 |
happy | 26.1% |
|
687 |
very happy | 51% |
|
1341 |
completly ecstatic | 18.9% |
|
498 |
Total respondents | 2631 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 605 |
33. How does Git compare to other SCM tools you have used?
worse | 2% |
|
52 |
equal (or comparable) | 11.3% |
|
293 |
better | 86.7% |
|
2244 |
Total respondents | 2589 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 647 |
34.
What would you like to see improved about Git?
(features, bugs, plug-ins, documentation, ...)
Total respondents | 1393 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 1843 |
35.
What tools (or kind of tools) would you like to see Git support in?
(e.g. IDE, RAD, editors, continuous integration, software hosting, bugtracker, merge tool...)
Total respondents | 981 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 2255 |
36. Did you participate in previous Git User's Surveys?
in 2006 | 29.1% |
|
77 |
in 2007 | 96.6% |
|
256 |
Total respondents | 265 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 2971 |
37. How do you compare current version with version from year ago?
better | 44.4% |
|
855 |
no changes | 3.9% |
|
75 |
worse | 0.3% |
|
5 |
cannot say | 51.4% |
|
990 |
Total respondents | 1925 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 1311 |
38. Do you use the Git wiki?
Yes | 46.1% |
|
1151 |
No | 53.9% |
|
1348 |
Total respondents | 2499 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 737 |
39. Do you find Git wiki useful?
Yes | 41.3% |
|
672 |
No | 15.1% |
|
246 |
Somewhat | 43.5% |
|
708 |
Total respondents | 1626 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 1610 |
40. Do you contribute to Git wiki?
Yes | 2.5% |
|
50 |
No | 95.7% |
|
1916 |
only spam removal | 1.8% |
|
37 |
Total respondents | 2003 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 1233 |
41. Do you find Git's on-line help (homepages, documentation) useful?
Yes | 60.9% |
|
1392 |
No | 5.2% |
|
120 |
Somewhat | 33.9% |
|
775 |
Total respondents | 2287 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 949 |
42.
Do you find help distributed with Git useful?
(manpages, manual, tutorial, HOWTO, release notes)
Yes | 65.6% |
|
1544 |
No | 5.8% |
|
136 |
Somewhat | 28.6% |
|
672 |
Total respondents | 2352 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 884 |
43. What could be improved on the Git homepage(s)?
Total respondents | 443 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 2793 |
44.
What could be improved in Git documentation?
(What can/will you do to help improve it?)
Total respondents | 607 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 2629 |
45. What is the language you want computer communicate with you?
Total respondents | 1629 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 1607 |
46. What do you need/want to have translated?
command messages | 40.6% |
|
132 |
manpages | 63.1% |
|
205 |
user's manual, tutorial, etc. | 75.7% |
|
246 |
technical documentation | 39.4% |
|
128 |
HOWTOs | 68.9% |
|
224 |
git homepage | 28.6% |
|
93 |
git wiki | 24% |
|
78 |
git-gui | 28.9% |
|
94 |
gitk | 32.6% |
|
106 |
subcommands and long option names | 10.2% |
|
33 |
Total respondents | 325 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 2911 |
47. Have you tried to get Git help from other people?
Yes | 59.5% |
|
1395 |
No | 40.5% |
|
950 |
Total respondents | 2345 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 891 |
48. What channel did you use to request help?
git mailing list | 18.7% |
|
276 |
git Google Group | 4.9% |
|
72 |
IRC (#git) | 36.9% |
|
545 |
IRC (#github) | 9.9% |
|
147 |
request in blog post or on wiki | 7.8% |
|
115 |
asking git guru/colleague | 57% |
|
843 |
other (please specify) | 10% |
|
148 |
Total respondents | 1478 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 1758 |
49. If yes, did you get these problems resolved quickly and to your liking?
Yes | 66.7% |
|
983 |
No | 5.2% |
|
76 |
Somewhat | 28.1% |
|
414 |
Total respondents | 1473 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 1763 |
50. Would commercial (paid) Git support from a support vendor be of interest to you/your organization?
Yes | 8.8% |
|
189 |
No | 68.8% |
|
1475 |
not applicable | 22.4% |
|
481 |
Total respondents | 2145 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 1091 |
51. Do you think it is easy to find out how to do a specific task with git?
Yes | 27.6% |
|
641 |
No | 11.7% |
|
272 |
not always | 60.7% |
|
1411 |
Total respondents | 2324 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 912 |
52. Do you read the mailing list?
git@vger.kernel.org (main) | 85.5% |
|
423 |
Git for Human Beings (Google Group) | 15.8% |
|
78 |
msysGit | 12.1% |
|
60 |
Total respondents | 495 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 2741 |
53. If yes, do you find mailing list useful?
Yes | 48.8% |
|
294 |
No | 11.8% |
|
71 |
Somewhat | 39.4% |
|
237 |
Total respondents | 602 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 2634 |
54. Do you find the mailing list traffic level to be:
too low | 1.3% |
|
14 |
OK, just right | 13.7% |
|
153 |
tolerable (a bit high) | 23% |
|
257 |
intolerable (absurdly high) | 6.5% |
|
73 |
I don't read it | 55.5% |
|
620 |
Total respondents | 1117 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 2119 |
55. Do you use the IRC channel (#git on irc.freenode.net)?
Yes | 28.5% |
|
539 |
No | 71.5% |
|
1354 |
Total respondents | 1893 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 1343 |
56. If yes, do you find IRC channel useful?
Yes | 55.6% |
|
355 |
No | 14.4% |
|
92 |
Somewhat | 30% |
|
192 |
Total respondents | 639 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 2597 |
57. Did you have problems getting GIT help on mailing list or on IRC channel? What were it? What could be improved?
Total respondents | 196 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 3040 |
58. What other comments or suggestions do you have that are not covered by the questions above?
Total respondents | 216 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 3020 |
59. Should Git User's Survey be repeated next year?
Yes | 78.4% |
|
1788 |
No | 1.3% |
|
29 |
no opinion | 20.3% |
|
464 |
Total respondents | 2281 | ||
Respondents who skipped this question | 955 |
60. Where have you read/find about this survey?
Total respondents | 1793 |
Respondents who skipped this question | 1438 |