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{{Short description|Free alternative client for accessing the BitKeeper version control system}}
{{Infobox software
| name                 = SourcePuller
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| author               = [[Andrew Tridgell]]
| released             = {{Start date and age|2005|04|21|df=yes}}
| discontinued         =
| repo                 = {{URL|https://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcepuller/}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system     = [[Linux]]
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| genre                = [[Version control]]
| license              = [[GNU General Public License]] v2
}}

'''SourcePuller'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcepuller/|title=SourcePuller|author=tridge|work=SourceForge}}</ref> is an [[open-source]] client for accessing the [[BitKeeper]] [[version control]] system. It was originally developed by [[Andrew Tridgell]], who – according to BitKeeper developer [[Larry McVoy]] – reverse engineered the BitKeeper protocol.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/132938/|title=How Tridge reverse engineered BitKeeper|publisher=}}</ref> While not widely used itself, it is best known for triggering the BitKeeper controversy,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/22/tridgell_releases_sourcepuller/|title=Tridgell drops Bitkeeper bombshell|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116133521/https://www.linux.com/feature/44465|archive-date=2007-11-16|url=http://archive09.linux.com/feature/44465|title=RMS: BitKeeper bon-voyage is a happy ending|work=Linux.com - The source for Linux information}}</ref> which sparked the switch of the [[Linux kernel]] from BitKeeper to [[Git (software)|Git]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-well-written-accounts-of-the-Linux-Bitkeeper-Git-story|title=What are some well-written accounts of the Linux-Bitkeeper-Git story?|publisher=}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* https://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcepuller/

[[Category:2005 software]]
[[Category:Free version control software]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]


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