SourcePuller

{{Short description|Free alternative client for accessing the BitKeeper version control system}}

{{Infobox software

| name = SourcePuller

| title =

| author = Andrew Tridgell

| released = {{Start date and age|2005|04|21|df=yes}}

| discontinued =

| repo = {{URL|https://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcepuller/}}

| programming language = C

| operating system = Linux

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| genre = Version control

| license = GNU General Public License v2-or-later

}}

SourcePuller{{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcepuller/|title=SourcePuller|author=tridge|work=SourceForge|date=8 March 2013 }} is a free software 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.{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/132938/|title=How Tridge reverse engineered BitKeeper|publisher=}} While not widely used itself, it is best known for triggering the BitKeeper controversy,{{cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/22/tridgell_releases_sourcepuller/|title=Tridgell drops Bitkeeper bombshell|website=The Register |publisher=}}{{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}} which sparked the switch of the Linux kernel from BitKeeper to Git.{{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=}}