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General Availability for Industry’s First Seamless Integration of Enterprise-Level Security and Visualization into Git

April 3rd, 2012 by AccuRev

AccuRev released for general availability today the first Git integration that seamlessly bridges the world of commercial tools and open source software configuration management.

AccuRev’s Kando, an enterprise security and compliance platform for Git, which was released in beta in January, complements the open source SCM tool with additional functionality, allowing organizations using Git to simultaneously leverage enterprise-level security and requirements traceability.

Kando is the first software development solution that enables Git development shops to add workflow, issue tracking, security, change requirements and other capabilities to the software development process, all while maintaining the flexibility and familiarity of Git environments.

Kando’s ground-breaking enterprise-level security and compliance capabilities allow its users to:

Comply with enterprise-level regulations, by providing full audit and traceability
Secure Git with access control capabilities, and support for enterprise authentication via LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory
Visualize and manage development processes that use Git in AccuRev’s StreamBrowser™ environment
Support Software Change and Configuration Management (SCCM) through change-based development with AccuRev Change Packages

“Our Kando Beta announcement in January had an overwhelmingly positive response, and it is clear that Git adoption has expanded well beyond the Linux community, into product development and IT,” said Lorne Cooper, AccuRev’s CEO. “Kando can solve many security and requirements traceability problems that enterprise organizations face when adopting Git, and really allows Git an opportunity to scale the development process across enterprise software development teams.”

During the development of Kando, AccuRev established the Kando Technical Advisory Board, comprised of representatives from several enterprise organizations with Git environments. To hear what they are saying, or to learn more about Kando, visit http://www.accurev.com/kando.

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Q&A from “A First Look at Kando,” AccuRev’s Seamless Git Integration

February 3rd, 2012 by AccuRev

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We held a “First Look at Kando” webinar on Tuesday to mark the launch of our back-end platform for security and compliance with Git. Unfortunately we weren’t able to answer all of the questions in the allotted time, so here are answers for some of the most commonly asked questions.

Q: Can a developer use Git without an AccuRev workspace?

A: Absolutely. With Kando, the developer does not require an AccuRev workspace. Kando uses a native git repository, so developers can use Git with no modifications – it works seamlessly with AccuRev on the backend. It’s all native Git-to-Git.

Q: Is the Git repository limited to a single AccuRev stream, or can it follow most or all of the AccuRev depot?

A: The Git repository is not limited to a single AccuRev stream, it is completely configurable. When you create a repository, by default, it’s going to ask you to map the master branch in that Git repository to a stream in AccuRev, but you can set up multiple mappings. You could map 100s of branches to streams if you wanted to.

Q: Let’s say I’m an integration manager for a project. Can I create a Git repo using Kando, Git clone it on my system, and let other users clone from me?

A: You can certainly use that model if that’s how you’re most comfortable, where you clone from the bare Git repository associated with AccuRev, and then other people can clone from you. There’s nothing to preclude that from happening because it’s normal Git-to-Git. Another possible solution would be to have all of your developers push and pull from the Kando repository, then you could merge those changes up to the QA or Master branch using AccuRev or Git if you prefer. Kando supports both models.

Q: What about integration with code review tools (like Gerrit). We actually use Gerrit as the centralized control for our Git repositories

A: If you are connecting Git to anything, whether it be Gerrit, GitHub, an open source library, etc., everything will work. Because Kando is reliant on Git working natively, you can connect to Gerrit or any other tool that integrates with Git. You can push and pull from Gerrit and GitHub as normal. When you push to the remote that is associated with Kando, which is connected with AccuRev, those changes end up in AccuRev in the stream that you’ve mapped to the Git repository’s branches.

Q: How do you handle bugs in Kando itself? Is there support?

A: Kando is an officially supported AccuRev product. If there are defects in Kando, they’ll be handled through our support and services organization the same as they would with AccuRev. Kando is developed using an Agile development methodology, so as we get feedback on defects and enhancement requests, we will turn around fixes and enhancements as quickly as possible.

Still have questions? Ask below, visit www.accurev.com/kando for more information, or check out the Kando video.

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AccuRev Announces Kando!

January 31st, 2012 by AccuRev

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It’s here! AccuRev today announced Kando, the seamless integration of Git with the AccuRev server. Everyone at AccuRev is incredibly excited about it.

As many people know (and as we discussed here last week), Git is increasing in popularity among developers working in small groups or collaborating on open source projects. It’s also fast, flexible, and full of developer-friendly features. But when it comes to using Git in an enterprise, the size and complexity of these environments can make it difficult to secure and manage the software development process.

What makes Kando different from other Git integrations?

Take a look at the diagram below. With Kando, Git developers push and pull from real Git repositories. Kando takes all changes pushed to these repositories and replicates them on the AccuRev server. Furthermore, any changes made in AccuRev streams that are mapped to Git repositories are replicated in their respective repositories. This means Git users can just do a pull to get those changes, which allows Git users to continue using Git as usual without interacting with AccuRev, if they choose not to.

How does Kando benefit Git development environments?

Kando enables the flexibility of Git and the security of AccuRev by providing:

Support for enterprise authentication via LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory
Fully integrated issue tracking system and Software Change and Configuration Management (SCCM) through change-based development with AccuRev Change Packages
User and group-based access control security measures
Visualization of development processes using Git through the AccuRev StreamBrowser
Seamless integration of Git into an AccuRev environment

Take a look at how it works: