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Jeff King 1e93770888 docs: use "character encoding" to refer to commit-object encoding The word "encoding" can mean a lot of things (e.g., base64 or quoted-printable encoding in emails, HTML entities, URL encoding, and so on). The documentation for i18n.commitEncoding and i18n.logOutputEncoding uses the phrase "character encoding" to make this more clear. Let's use that phrase in other places to make it clear what kind of encoding we are talking about. This patch covers the gui.encoding option, as well as the --encoding option for git-log, etc (in this latter case, I word-smithed the sentence a little at the same time). That, coupled with the mention of iconv in the --encoding description, should make this more clear. The other spot I looked at is the working-tree-encoding section of gitattributes(5). But it gives specific examples of encodings that I think make the meaning pretty clear already. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>		2021-08-27 12:45:45 -07:00
.github	Merge branch 'js/ci-check-whitespace-updates'	2021-08-02 14:06:40 -07:00
Documentation	docs: use "character encoding" to refer to commit-object encoding	2021-08-27 12:45:45 -07:00
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compat	mingw: align symlinks-related rmdir() behavior with Linux	2021-08-02 15:10:58 -07:00
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merge-recursive.c	use fspathhash() everywhere	2021-07-30 12:14:27 -07:00
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pretty.c	logmsg_reencode(): warn when iconv() fails	2021-08-27 12:43:22 -07:00
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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.

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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>.

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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