Gerrit (software) explained

Gerrit
Author:	Google
Released:	(independent release, labelled version 2)^[1]
Programming Language:	Java
Language:	English
Genre:	Code review
License:	Apache License 2.0
Platform:	Java Platform, Enterprise Edition

Gerrit is a free, web-based team code collaboration tool. Software developers in a team can review each other's modifications on their source code using a Web browser and approve or reject those changes. It integrates closely with Git, a distributed version control system.

Gerrit is a fork of Rietveld, a code review tool for Subversion. Both are named after Dutch designer Gerrit Rietveld.^{[2] [3]}

History

Originally written in Python like Rietveld, it is now written in Java (Java EE Servlet) with SQL since version 2 and a custom-made Git-based database (NoteDb) since version 3.^[4]

In versions 2.0–2.16 Gerrit used Google Web Toolkit^[5] for its browser-based front-end. After being developed and used in parallel with GWT for versions 2.14–2.16, a new Polymer^[6] web UI replaced the GWT UI in version 3.0.

See also

• List of tools for code review

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gerrit2 - Access Controls . gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com . 27 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230227132318/https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.0/access-control.html . 27 February 2023 . 2 November 2009 . live.
2. Web site: Gerrit's History. 2020-10-12.
3. Web site: An Open Source App: Rietveld Code Review Tool. 2008-05-06. Guido. van Rossum. Guido van Rossum. Blogspot. 2020-10-12.
4. Web site: Gerrit Code Review - NoteDb Backend. 2020-06-30. 2020-10-12.
5. Web site: Gerrit: Google-style code review meets git. LWN.net. 2009-10-30. 2020-10-12.
6. Web site: Gerrit Polymer Frontend. 2020-10-12.