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1 | Git - the stupid content tracker |
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4 | "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood. |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not | |
| 7 | actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a | |
| 90c4851b | 8 | mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant. |
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9 | - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the |
| 10 | dictionary of slang. | |
| 11 | - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually | |
| 556b6600 | 12 | works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room. |
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13 | - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks |
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15 | Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an |
| 16 | unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations | |
| 17 | and full access to internals. | |
| 18 | ||
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19 | Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public |
| 20 | License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, | |
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21 | compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus |
| 22 | Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net. | |
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23 | |
| 24 | Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. | |
| aa98eb3d | 25 | |
| 8a124b82 | 26 | See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see |
| 673151a9 | 27 | Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and |
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28 | Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command. |
| 29 | If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be | |
| 30 | read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the | |
| 31 | documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help | |
| 32 | commandname". | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt | |
| 35 | ("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is | |
| 36 | installed). | |
| 556b6600 | 37 | |
| f73b3af3 | 38 | Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ |
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39 | including full documentation and Git related tools. |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git | |
| 42 | mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature | |
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43 | requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read |
| 44 | Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). | |
| 45 | To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in | |
| 46 | the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are | |
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47 | available at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/, |
| 48 | http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites. | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that | |
| 51 | list the current status of various development topics to the mailing | |
| 52 | list. The discussion following them give a good reference for | |
| 53 | project status, development direction and remaining tasks. |