Go to file
Martin Ågren 298805c823 asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in: delete existing <refmiscinfo/>
After the recent a38edab7c8 (Makefile: generate doc versions via
GIT-VERSION-GEN, 2024-12-06), building with Asciidoctor results in
manpages where the headers no longer contain "Git Manual" and the
footers no longer identify the built Git version.

Before a38edab7c8, we used to just provide a few attributes to
Asciidoctor (and asciidoc). Commit 7a30134358 (asciidoctor-extensions:
provide `<refmiscinfo/>`, 2019-09-16) noted that older versions of
Asciidoctor didn't propagate those attributes into the built XML files,
so we started injecting them ourselves from this script. With newer
versions of Asciidoctor, we'd end up with some harmless duplication
among the tags in the final XML.

Post-a38edab7c8, we don't provide these attributes and Asciidoctor
inserts empty-ish values. After our additions from 7a30134358, we get

  <refmiscinfo class="source">&#160;</refmiscinfo>
  <refmiscinfo class="manual">&#160;</refmiscinfo>
  <refmiscinfo class="source">2.47.1.[...]</refmiscinfo>
  <refmiscinfo class="manual">Git Manual</refmiscinfo>

When these are handled, it appears to be first come first served,
meaning that our additions have no effect and we regress as described in
the first paragraph.

Remove existing "source" or "manual" <refmiscinfo/> tags before adding
ours. I considered removing all <refmiscinfo/> to get a nice clean
slate, instead of just those two that we want to replace to be a bit
more precise. I opted for the latter. Maybe one day, Asciidoctor learns
to insert something useful there which `xmlto` can pick up and make good
use of -- let's not interfere.

Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-12-20 17:34:35 -08:00
.github
Documentation asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in: delete existing <refmiscinfo/> 2024-12-20 17:34:35 -08:00
bin-wrappers Introduce support for the Meson build system 2024-12-07 07:52:14 +09:00
block-sha1
builtin Merge branch 'js/log-remerge-keep-ancestry' 2024-12-19 10:58:31 -08:00
ci Merge branch 'ps/build' 2024-12-15 17:54:33 -08:00
compat Merge branch 'ak/typofixes' into maint-2.47 2024-11-25 12:29:48 +09:00
contrib Merge branch 'ps/build' 2024-12-15 17:54:33 -08:00
ewah
git-gui Merge https://github.com/j6t/git-gui 2024-11-11 12:47:44 +09:00
gitk-git Merge https://github.com/j6t/gitk 2024-12-17 16:17:28 -08:00
gitweb Merge branch 'ps/build' 2024-12-15 17:54:33 -08:00
mergetools
negotiator
oss-fuzz
perl Introduce support for the Meson build system 2024-12-07 07:52:14 +09:00
po Introduce support for the Meson build system 2024-12-07 07:52:14 +09:00
refs Merge branch 'bf/set-head-symref' 2024-12-19 10:58:27 -08:00
reftable Merge branch 'ps/reftable-iterator-reuse' 2024-12-10 10:04:58 +09:00
sha1
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583
sha1dc
sha256
subprojects Introduce support for the Meson build system 2024-12-07 07:52:14 +09:00
t Merge branch 'tc/bundle-with-tag-remove-workaround' 2024-12-19 10:58:34 -08:00
templates Introduce support for the Meson build system 2024-12-07 07:52:14 +09:00
trace2
xdiff
.cirrus.yml
.clang-format
.editorconfig
.gitattributes
.gitignore Makefile: allow "bin-wrappers/" directory to exist 2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
.gitlab-ci.yml
.gitmodules
.mailmap
.tsan-suppressions
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
COPYING
GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in t: better support for out-of-tree builds 2024-12-07 07:52:13 +09:00
GIT-VERSION-FILE.in Makefile: refactor GIT-VERSION-GEN to be reusable 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
GIT-VERSION-GEN Merge branch 'ps/build-hotfix' into ma/asciidoctor-build-fixes 2024-12-20 17:34:25 -08:00
INSTALL
LGPL-2.1
Makefile Merge branch 'ps/build-hotfix' into ma/asciidoctor-build-fixes 2024-12-20 17:34:25 -08:00
README.md
RelNotes Prepare for 2.47.1 2024-11-20 14:43:30 +09:00
SECURITY.md
abspath.c
abspath.h
aclocal.m4
add-interactive.c
add-interactive.h
add-patch.c
advice.c Merge branch 'bf/fetch-set-head-config' 2024-12-19 10:58:30 -08:00
advice.h fetch set_head: move warn advice into advise_if_enabled 2024-12-06 02:59:16 +09:00
alias.c
alias.h
alloc.c
alloc.h
apply.c
apply.h
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c
archive.h
attr.c
attr.h
banned.h
base85.c
base85.h
bisect.c bisect: address Coverity warning about potential double free 2024-11-26 10:22:24 +09:00
bisect.h bisect: fix leaking good/bad terms when reading multipe times 2024-11-21 08:23:40 +09:00
blame.c builtin/blame: fix leaking blame entries with `--incremental` 2024-11-21 08:23:40 +09:00
blame.h builtin/blame: fix leaking blame entries with `--incremental` 2024-11-21 08:23:40 +09:00
blob.c
blob.h
bloom.c
bloom.h
branch.c Merge branch 'jc/forbid-head-as-tagname' 2024-12-15 17:54:26 -08:00
branch.h
builtin.h
bulk-checkin.c
bulk-checkin.h
bundle-uri.c bundle: add bundle verification options type 2024-11-28 12:07:57 +09:00
bundle-uri.h
bundle.c Merge branch 'tc/bundle-with-tag-remove-workaround' 2024-12-19 10:58:34 -08:00
bundle.h bundle: support fsck message configuration 2024-11-28 12:07:58 +09:00
cache-tree.c Merge branch 'ps/cache-tree-w-broken-index-entry' into maint-2.47 2024-11-20 14:42:59 +09:00
cache-tree.h
cbtree.c
cbtree.h
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
check-builtins.sh
checkout.c
checkout.h
chunk-format.c
chunk-format.h
color.c
color.h
column.c
column.h
combine-diff.c
command-list.txt
commit-graph.c packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object` 2024-12-04 08:21:54 +09:00
commit-graph.h
commit-reach.c
commit-reach.h
commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
commit-slab.h
commit.c Merge branch 'bf/explicit-config-set-in-advice-messages' 2024-12-15 17:54:28 -08:00
commit.h
common-main.c
config.c config: make `packed_git_(limit|window_size)` non-global variables 2024-12-04 08:21:55 +09:00
config.h
config.mak.dev
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname
configure.ac Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
connect.c
connect.h
connected.c packfile: add repository to struct `packed_git` 2024-12-04 08:21:53 +09:00
connected.h
convert.c
convert.h
copy.c
copy.h
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c Merge branch 'bc/allow-upload-pack-from-other-people' 2024-12-10 10:04:55 +09:00
date.c
date.h
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta-islands.c
delta-islands.h
delta.h
detect-compiler
diagnose.c
diagnose.h
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47 2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
diff-merges.c
diff-merges.h
diff-no-index.c
diff.c packfile: pass down repository to `has_object[_kept]_pack` 2024-12-04 08:21:54 +09:00
diff.h Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47 2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
diffcore-break.c
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c
diffcore-rotate.c
diffcore.h
dir-iterator.c
dir-iterator.h
dir.c
dir.h
editor.c
editor.h
entry.c
entry.h
environment.c config: make `packed_git_(limit|window_size)` non-global variables 2024-12-04 08:21:55 +09:00
environment.h config: make `delta_base_cache_limit` a non-global variable 2024-12-04 08:21:55 +09:00
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-pack.c fetch-pack: split out fsck config parsing 2024-11-28 12:07:58 +09:00
fetch-pack.h fetch-pack: split out fsck config parsing 2024-11-28 12:07:58 +09:00
fmt-merge-msg.c
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object` 2024-12-04 08:21:54 +09:00
fsck.h ref: add symlink ref content check for files backend 2024-11-21 08:21:34 +09:00
fsmonitor--daemon.h
fsmonitor-ipc.c
fsmonitor-ipc.h
fsmonitor-ll.h
fsmonitor-path-utils.h
fsmonitor-settings.c
fsmonitor-settings.h
fsmonitor.c
fsmonitor.h
generate-cmdlist.sh Makefile: refactor generators to be PWD-independent 2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
generate-configlist.sh Makefile: refactor generators to be PWD-independent 2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
generate-hooklist.sh Makefile: refactor generators to be PWD-independent 2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
generate-perl.sh Makefile: use "generate-perl.sh" to massage Perl library 2024-12-07 07:52:10 +09:00
generate-python.sh Makefile: extract script to massage Python scripts 2024-12-07 07:52:10 +09:00
generate-script.sh Makefile: extract script to massage Shell scripts 2024-12-07 07:52:10 +09:00
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-archimport.perl
git-compat-util.h git-compat-util: drop now-unused `UNLEAK()` macro 2024-11-21 08:23:46 +09:00
git-curl-compat.h
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-difftool--helper.sh git-difftool--helper.sh: exit upon initialize_merge_tool errors 2024-11-25 11:59:19 +09:00
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh Makefile: consistently use PERL_PATH 2024-12-07 07:52:09 +09:00
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh git-mergetool--lib.sh: add error message for unknown tool variant 2024-11-25 11:59:19 +09:00
git-mergetool.sh
git-p4.py
git-quiltimport.sh
git-request-pull.sh Makefile: consistently use PERL_PATH 2024-12-07 07:52:09 +09:00
git-send-email.perl Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-sh-i18n.sh Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-sh-setup.sh Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-web--browse.sh
git-zlib.c
git-zlib.h
git.c help: fix leaking return value from `help_unknown_cmd()` 2024-11-21 08:23:44 +09:00
git.rc.in Makefile: generate "git.rc" via GIT-VERSION-GEN 2024-12-07 07:52:09 +09:00
gpg-interface.c
gpg-interface.h
graph.c Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47 2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
graph.h
grep.c Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-part-9' 2024-11-13 08:35:31 +09:00
grep.h
hash-lookup.c
hash-lookup.h
hash.h
hashmap.c
hashmap.h
help.c help: fix leaking return value from `help_unknown_cmd()` 2024-11-21 08:23:44 +09:00
help.h help: fix leaking return value from `help_unknown_cmd()` 2024-11-21 08:23:44 +09:00
hex-ll.c
hex-ll.h
hex.c
hex.h
hook.c Merge branch 'bf/explicit-config-set-in-advice-messages' 2024-12-15 17:54:28 -08:00
hook.h
http-backend.c
http-fetch.c
http-push.c
http-walker.c
http.c Merge branch 'kn/midx-wo-the-repository' 2024-12-13 07:33:44 -08:00
http.h
ident.c
ident.h
imap-send.c Merge branch 'bc/drop-ancient-libcurl-and-perl' 2024-12-04 10:14:48 +09:00
iterator.h
json-writer.c
json-writer.h
khash.h
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
line-log.c line-log: fix leak when rewriting commit parents 2024-11-21 08:23:42 +09:00
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
linear-assignment.c
linear-assignment.h
list-objects-filter-options.c
list-objects-filter-options.h
list-objects-filter.c
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object` 2024-12-04 08:21:54 +09:00
list-objects.h
list.h
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47 2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
log-tree.h
loose.c
loose.h
ls-refs.c
ls-refs.h
mailinfo.c
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
match-trees.c
match-trees.h
mem-pool.c
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-ll.c
merge-ll.h
merge-ort-wrappers.c
merge-ort-wrappers.h
merge-ort.c
merge-ort.h
merge-recursive.c
merge-recursive.h
merge.c
merge.h
mergesort.h
meson.build meson: add options to override build information 2024-12-20 12:36:46 -08:00
meson_options.txt meson: add options to override build information 2024-12-20 12:36:46 -08:00
midx-write.c midx: pass down `hash_algo` to functions using global variables 2024-12-04 10:32:21 +09:00
midx.c midx: inline the `MIDX_MIN_SIZE` definition 2024-12-04 10:32:21 +09:00
midx.h midx: pass down `hash_algo` to functions using global variables 2024-12-04 10:32:21 +09:00
name-hash.c
name-hash.h
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c
notes-utils.h
notes.c
notes.h
object-file-convert.c
object-file-convert.h
object-file.c object-file: inline empty tree and blob literals 2024-11-18 21:48:48 +09:00
object-file.h
object-name.c Merge branch 'ps/commit-with-message-syntax-fix' 2024-12-15 17:54:30 -08:00
object-name.h
object-store-ll.h packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object` 2024-12-04 08:21:54 +09:00
object-store.h
object.c
object.h
oid-array.c
oid-array.h
oidmap.c
oidmap.h
oidset.c
oidset.h
oidtree.c
oidtree.h
pack-bitmap-write.c
pack-bitmap.c Merge branch 'kn/midx-wo-the-repository' 2024-12-13 07:33:44 -08:00
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c
pack-mtimes.c
pack-mtimes.h
pack-objects.c
pack-objects.h config: make `delta_base_cache_limit` a non-global variable 2024-12-04 08:21:55 +09:00
pack-revindex.c midx: pass down `hash_algo` to functions using global variables 2024-12-04 10:32:21 +09:00
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c config: make `delta_base_cache_limit` a non-global variable 2024-12-04 08:21:55 +09:00
pack.h config: make `delta_base_cache_limit` a non-global variable 2024-12-04 08:21:55 +09:00
packfile.c packfile.c: remove unnecessary prepare_packed_git() call 2024-12-04 08:21:56 +09:00
packfile.h config: make `packed_git_(limit|window_size)` non-global variables 2024-12-04 08:21:55 +09:00
pager.c
pager.h
parallel-checkout.c
parallel-checkout.h
parse-options-cb.c
parse-options.c
parse-options.h builtin: pass repository to sub commands 2024-11-26 10:36:08 +09:00
parse.c
parse.h
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c
patch-ids.h
path.c Merge branch 'bc/allow-upload-pack-from-other-people' 2024-12-10 10:04:55 +09:00
path.h Merge branch 'bc/allow-upload-pack-from-other-people' 2024-12-10 10:04:55 +09:00
pathspec.c
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h
preload-index.c
preload-index.h
pretty.c
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
promisor-remote.c packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object` 2024-12-04 08:21:54 +09:00
promisor-remote.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol-caps.c
protocol-caps.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
prune-packed.c packfile: pass down repository to `has_object[_kept]_pack` 2024-12-04 08:21:54 +09:00
prune-packed.h
pseudo-merge.c
pseudo-merge.h
quote.c
quote.h
range-diff.c Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47 2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
range-diff.h
reachable.c packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object` 2024-12-04 08:21:54 +09:00
reachable.h
read-cache-ll.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'ps/cache-tree-w-broken-index-entry' into maint-2.47 2024-11-20 14:42:59 +09:00
read-cache.h
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
rebase.c
rebase.h
ref-filter.c
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
reflog.c reflog: rename unreachable 2024-11-18 09:42:08 +09:00
reflog.h
refs.c Merge branch 'bf/set-head-symref' 2024-12-19 10:58:27 -08:00
refs.h Merge branch 'bf/set-head-symref' 2024-12-19 10:58:27 -08:00
refspec.c refspec: store raw refspecs inside refspec_item 2024-11-12 18:16:48 +09:00
refspec.h refspec: store raw refspecs inside refspec_item 2024-11-12 18:16:48 +09:00
remote-curl.c
remote.c fetch set_head: add warn-if-not-$branch option 2024-12-06 02:59:40 +09:00
remote.h fetch set_head: add warn-if-not-$branch option 2024-12-06 02:59:40 +09:00
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repo-settings.c config: make `packed_git_(limit|window_size)` non-global variables 2024-12-04 08:21:55 +09:00
repo-settings.h config: make `packed_git_(limit|window_size)` non-global variables 2024-12-04 08:21:55 +09:00
repository.c worktree: add `relativeWorktrees` extension 2024-12-02 09:36:16 +09:00
repository.h worktree: add `relativeWorktrees` extension 2024-12-02 09:36:16 +09:00
rerere.c
rerere.h
reset.c
reset.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'kn/midx-wo-the-repository' 2024-12-13 07:33:44 -08:00
revision.h
run-command.c
run-command.h
sane-ctype.h
scalar.c
send-pack.c
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'kh/sequencer-comment-char' 2024-12-06 13:23:18 +09:00
sequencer.h
serve.c
serve.h
server-info.c
server-info.h
setup.c worktree: add `relativeWorktrees` extension 2024-12-02 09:36:16 +09:00
setup.h worktree: add `relativeWorktrees` extension 2024-12-02 09:36:16 +09:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c
shallow.h
shared.mak GIT-VERSION-GEN: fix overriding GIT_BUILT_FROM_COMMIT and GIT_DATE 2024-12-20 12:36:45 -08:00
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
simple-ipc.h
sparse-index.c
sparse-index.h
split-index.c split-index: fix memory leak in `move_cache_to_base_index()` 2024-11-21 08:23:43 +09:00
split-index.h
stable-qsort.c
statinfo.c
statinfo.h
strbuf.c
strbuf.h refs: move ref name helpers around 2024-12-03 12:38:49 +09:00
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
strmap.c
strmap.h
strvec.c strvec: `strvec_splice()` to a statically initialized vector 2024-12-10 09:07:47 +09:00
strvec.h strvec: introduce new `strvec_splice()` function 2024-11-21 08:23:42 +09:00
sub-process.c
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c
submodule-config.h
submodule.c refspec: store raw refspecs inside refspec_item 2024-11-12 18:16:48 +09:00
submodule.h
symlinks.c
symlinks.h
tag.c packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object` 2024-12-04 08:21:54 +09:00
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c
tmp-objdir.h
trace.c
trace.h
trace2.c
trace2.h
trailer.c Merge branch 'la/trailer-info' 2024-11-20 14:47:17 +09:00
trailer.h
transport-helper.c
transport-internal.h
transport.c transport: propagate fsck configuration during bundle fetch 2024-11-28 12:07:58 +09:00
transport.h
tree-diff.c
tree-walk.c
tree-walk.h
tree.c
tree.h
unicode-width.h
unimplemented.sh Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unix-stream-server.c
unix-stream-server.h
unpack-trees.c
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'en/shallow-exclude-takes-a-ref-fix' 2024-11-13 08:35:32 +09:00
upload-pack.h
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c git-compat-util: drop now-unused `UNLEAK()` macro 2024-11-21 08:23:46 +09:00
userdiff.c
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version-def.h.in Makefile: propagate Git version via generated header 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
version.c Makefile: propagate Git version via generated header 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
version.h
versioncmp.c
versioncmp.h
walker.c refs: allow passing flags when setting up a transaction 2024-11-21 07:59:14 +09:00
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c worktree: refactor `repair_worktree_after_gitdir_move()` 2024-12-02 09:36:18 +09:00
worktree.h worktree: add relative cli/config options to `repair` command 2024-12-02 09:36:17 +09:00
wrapper.c
wrapper.h
write-or-die.c
write-or-die.h
ws.c
ws.h
wt-status.c
wt-status.h
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h

README.md

Build status

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 and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).

Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md (a po file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).

To subscribe to the list, send an email to git+subscribe@vger.kernel.org (see https://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for details). The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, https://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