![]() There's currently no robust way to tell Git that a particular option is meant to be a revision, and not an option. So if you have a branch "refs/heads/--foo", you cannot just say: git rev-list --foo You can say: git rev-list refs/heads/--foo But that breaks down if you don't know the refname, and in particular if you're a script passing along a value from elsewhere. In most programs, you can use "--" to end option parsing, like this: some-prog -- "$revision" But that doesn't work for the revision parser, because "--" is already meaningful there: it separates revisions from pathspecs. So we need some other marker to separate options from revisions. This patch introduces "--end-of-options", which serves that purpose: git rev-list --oneline --end-of-options "$revision" will work regardless of what's in "$revision" (well, if you say "--" it may fail, but it won't do something dangerous, like triggering an unexpected option). The name is verbose, but that's probably a good thing; this is meant to be used for scripted invocations where readability is more important than terseness. One alternative would be to introduce an explicit option to mark a revision, like: git rev-list --oneline --revision="$revision" That's slightly _more_ informative than this commit (because it makes even something silly like "--" unambiguous). But the pattern of using a separator like "--" is well established in git and in other commands, and it makes some scripting tasks simpler like: git rev-list --end-of-options "$@" There's no documentation in this patch, because it will make sense to describe the feature once it is available everywhere (and support will be added in further patches). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> |
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README.md
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt
for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial
or git help tutorial
, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname>
or git help <commandname>
.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration
or git help cvs-migration
if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://public-inbox.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks