<s>
Cogito	B-Application
(	O
originally	O
git-pasky	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
revision	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
layered	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
historically	O
the	O
first	O
Git	B-Application
frontend	O
,	O
which	O
appeared	O
in	O
April	O
2005	O
,	O
just	O
days	O
after	O
Git	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Git	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
meant	O
just	O
as	O
the	O
low-level	O
interface	O
,	O
Cogito	B-Application
started	O
with	O
the	O
stated	O
goal	O
of	O
becoming	O
a	O
user-friendly	O
front-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cogito	B-Application
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
familiar	O
to	O
people	O
used	O
to	O
working	O
with	O
other	O
SCM	B-Architecture
tools	O
like	O
CVS	B-Application
and	O
Subversion	B-Application
,	O
although	O
it	O
still	O
follows	O
the	O
model	O
of	O
distributed	O
development	O
used	O
by	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cogito	B-Application
has	O
significantly	O
fewer	O
sub-commands	O
than	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
its	O
purpose	O
to	O
present	O
a	O
simple	O
user	O
interface	O
sufficient	O
for	O
common	O
workflows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
Cogito	B-Application
has	O
only	O
41	O
sub-commands	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
Git	B-Application
's	O
119	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
features	O
that	O
started	O
in	O
Cogito	B-Application
migrated	O
later	O
to	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
making	O
Git	B-Application
more	O
suitable	O
for	O
standalone	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
simplification	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
,	O
Cogito	B-Application
hides	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
"	O
index	O
cache	O
"	O
from	O
the	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
modified	O
file	O
is	O
considered	O
eligible	O
for	O
commit	O
by	O
Cogito	B-Application
,	O
just	O
as	O
in	O
CVS	B-Application
or	O
Subversion	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cogito	B-Application
has	O
full	O
compatibility	O
with	O
remote	O
Git	B-Application
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
retains	O
a	O
high	O
degree	O
of	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Git	B-Application
for	O
local	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Git	B-Application
commands	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
safely	O
on	O
a	O
Cogito	B-Application
managed	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
most	O
Cogito	B-Application
commands	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
repositories	O
primarily	O
managed	O
by	O
Git	B-Application
or	O
StGIT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cogito	B-Application
is	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
Bash	B-Operating_System
scripts	I-Operating_System
(	O
unlike	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
written	O
mostly	O
in	O
C	B-Language
and	O
portable	O
Unix	B-Application
shell	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2007	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
stalled	O
and	O
declared	O
"	O
for	O
sale	O
"	O
,	O
because	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
has	O
already	O
been	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
git	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
maintainer	O
,	O
Petr	O
Baudiš	O
,	O
decided	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
better	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
improving	O
git-core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cogito	B-Application
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
Cogito	B-Application
does	O
not	O
work	O
well	O
with	O
recent	O
Git	B-Application
versions	O
,	O
and	O
Cogito	B-Application
users	O
are	O
advised	O
to	O
use	O
Git	B-Application
directly	O
or	O
use	O
some	O
other	O
frontends	O
such	O
as	O
EasyGit	O
.	O
</s>
