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| 3 | GIT - the stupid content tracker | |
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| 6 | ||
| 7 | "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood. | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not | |
| 10 | actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a | |
| 11 | mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant. | |
| 12 | - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the | |
| 13 | dictionary of slang. | |
| 14 | - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually | |
| 15 | works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room. | |
| 16 | - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an | |
| 19 | unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations | |
| 20 | and full access to internals. | |
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| 22 | Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License. | |
| 23 | It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of | |
| 24 | hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano. | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. | |
| 27 | See Documentation/tutorial.txt to get started, then see | |
| 28 | Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, | |
| 29 | and "man git-commandname" for documentation of each command. | |
| 30 | CVS users may also want to read Documentation/cvs-migration.txt. | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 | Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git.or.cz/ | |
| 33 | including full documentation and Git related tools. | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git | |
| 36 | mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature | |
| 37 | requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe | |
| 38 | to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to | |
| 39 | majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at | |
| 40 | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites. | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in | |
| 43 | git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and | |
| 44 | the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good | |
| 45 | reference for project status, development direction and | |
| 46 | remaining tasks. |