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Gerrit

Gerrit is a Dutch male name meaning "brave with the spear", the Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard. Gerrit may refer to:

  • Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962), Dutch poet
  • Gerrit Blaauw (born 1924), computer engineer
  • Gerrit Bol (1906–1989), mathematician
  • Gerrit Graham (born 1949), American actor and songwriter
  • Gerrit Holdijk (1944–2015), Dutch politician
  • Gerrit Holtmann (born 1995), German footballer
  • Gerrit Komrij (born 1944), Dutch poet
  • Gerrit van Poelje (1884–1976), founder of Public Administration in the Netherlands
  • Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964), Dutch architect
  • Gerrit Smith (1797–1874), American abolitionist
  • Gerrit T. Thorn (1835-1900), American politician
  • Gerrit Zalm, Dutch politician
Gerrit (software)

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, another code review tool. "Gerrit" is the given name of Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964), a Dutch designer after whom Rietveld is named.