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Jonathan Nieder 4b0c3c7735 remote helpers: avoid blind fall-back to ".git" when setting GIT_DIR
To push from or fetch to the current repository, remote helpers need
to know what repository that is.  Accordingly, Git sets the GIT_DIR
environment variable to the path to the current repository when
invoking remote helpers.

There is a special case it does not handle: "git ls-remote" and "git
archive --remote" can be run to inspect a remote repository without
being run from any local repository.  GIT_DIR is not useful in this
scenario:

- if we are not in a repository, we don't need to set GIT_DIR to
  override an existing GIT_DIR value from the environment.  If GIT_DIR
  is present then we would be in a repository if it were valid and
  would have called die() if it weren't.

- not setting GIT_DIR may cause a helper to do the usual discovery
  walk to find the repository.  But we know we're not in one, or we
  would have found it ourselves.  So in the worst case it may expend
  a little extra effort to try to find a repository and fail (for
  example, remote-curl would do this to try to find repository-level
  configuration).

So leave GIT_DIR unset in this case.  This makes GIT_DIR easier to
understand for remote helper authors and makes transport code less of
a special case for repository discovery.

Noticed using b1ef400e (setup_git_env: avoid blind fall-back to
".git", 2016-10-20) from 'next':

 $ cd /tmp
 $ git ls-remote https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git
 fatal: BUG: setup_git_env called without repository

Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-02-14 13:14:00 -08:00
Documentation Git 2.11.1 2017-02-02 13:21:27 -08:00
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mergetools Merge branch 'da/mergetool-xxdiff-hotkey' into maint 2017-01-17 15:11:05 -08:00
perl git-svn: allow "0" in SVN path components 2016-12-12 10:49:50 -08:00
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INSTALL
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apply.h
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c archive-zip: load userdiff config 2017-01-07 18:49:30 -08:00
archive.c archive: read local configuration 2016-11-22 13:55:20 -08:00
archive.h archive: read local configuration 2016-11-22 13:55:20 -08:00
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attr.c read info/{attributes,exclude} only when in repository 2016-10-26 13:30:51 -07:00
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base85.c
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blob.c
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branch.c worktree.c: get_worktrees() takes a new flag argument 2016-11-28 13:18:51 -08:00
branch.h create_branch: drop unused "head" parameter 2016-11-09 14:56:21 -08:00
builtin.h
bulk-checkin.c compression: unify pack.compression configuration parsing 2016-11-15 21:16:22 -08:00
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c
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cache-tree.c
cache-tree.h
cache.h Merge branch 'sb/in-core-index-doc' into maint 2017-01-31 13:32:11 -08:00
check-builtins.sh
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color.h
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column.h
combine-diff.c diff_aligned_abbrev: use "struct oid" 2016-10-26 13:30:51 -07:00
command-list.txt
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commit.h Merge branch 'nd/shallow-deepen' 2016-10-10 14:03:50 -07:00
common-main.c common-main: stop munging argv[0] path 2016-11-29 11:01:48 -08:00
config.c Merge branch 'nd/config-misc-fixes' into maint 2017-01-31 13:32:06 -08:00
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configure.ac Merge branch 'dp/autoconf-curl-ssl' into maint 2016-10-28 09:01:13 -07:00
connect.c Merge branch 'ls/filter-process' 2016-10-31 13:15:21 -07:00
connect.h
connected.c check_connected: accept an env argument 2016-10-10 13:54:02 -07:00
connected.h check_connected: accept an env argument 2016-10-10 13:54:02 -07:00
convert.c Merge branch 'jc/renormalize-merge-kill-safer-crlf' into maint 2017-01-17 14:49:28 -08:00
convert.h
copy.c
credential-cache--daemon.c i18n: credential-cache--daemon: mark advice for translation 2016-10-17 14:51:47 -07:00
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daemon.c Merge branch 'jk/daemon-path-ok-check-truncation' into maint 2016-11-29 13:27:56 -08:00
date.c
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decorate.h
delta.h
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diff-lib.c commit: fix empty commit creation when there's no changes but ita entries 2016-10-24 10:48:23 -07:00
diff-no-index.c
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diffcore.h Merge branch 'tk/diffcore-delta-remove-unused' into maint 2016-11-29 13:28:03 -08:00
dir-iterator.c
dir-iterator.h
dir.c read info/{attributes,exclude} only when in repository 2016-10-26 13:30:51 -07:00
dir.h ls-files: add pathspec matching for submodules 2016-10-10 12:14:58 -07:00
editor.c
entry.c
environment.c compression: unify pack.compression configuration parsing 2016-11-15 21:16:22 -08:00
exec_cmd.c Merge branch 'js/exec-path-coverity-workaround' into maint 2017-01-31 13:32:10 -08:00
exec_cmd.h common-main: stop munging argv[0] path 2016-11-29 11:01:48 -08:00
fast-import.c Merge branch 'mh/fast-import-notes-fix-new' into maint 2017-01-31 13:32:05 -08:00
fetch-pack.c fetch-pack.c: correct command at the beginning of an error message 2016-11-11 13:28:39 -08:00
fetch-pack.h
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c
fsck.h
generate-cmdlist.sh
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'jk/common-main' into maint-2.10 2016-12-05 11:24:28 -08:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
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git-difftool--helper.sh
git-difftool.perl Merge branch 'jk/difftool-in-subdir' into maint 2017-01-17 15:14:40 -08:00
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh mergetool: honor mergetool.$tool.trustExitCode for built-in tools 2016-11-29 10:54:03 -08:00
git-mergetool.sh mergetool: honor -O<orderfile> 2016-10-11 10:04:31 -07:00
git-p4.py Merge branch 'gv/p4-multi-path-commit-fix' into maint 2017-01-17 15:19:02 -08:00
git-parse-remote.sh
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git-rebase--merge.sh
git-rebase.sh
git-relink.perl
git-remote-testgit.sh
git-request-pull.sh request-pull: drop old USAGE stuff 2017-01-15 16:23:23 -08:00
git-send-email.perl
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh git-sh-setup: be explicit where to dot-source git-sh-i18n from. 2016-10-30 16:13:49 -07:00
git-stash.sh Merge branch 'jk/stash-disable-renames-internally' into maint 2017-01-17 14:49:30 -08:00
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl git-svn: "git worktree" awareness 2016-10-14 01:36:12 +00:00
git-web--browse.sh
git.c execv_dashed_external: wait for child on signal death 2017-01-09 13:41:40 -08:00
git.rc
gpg-interface.c gpg-interface: use more status letters 2016-10-12 10:41:59 -07:00
gpg-interface.h
graph.c Merge branch 'jk/graph-padding-fix' into maint 2016-10-11 14:19:03 -07:00
graph.h
grep.c
grep.h
hashmap.c
hashmap.h
help.c
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hex.c hex: make wraparound of the index into ring-buffer explicit 2016-10-26 10:54:11 -07:00
http-backend.c pkt-line: rename packet_write() to packet_write_fmt() 2016-10-17 11:36:50 -07:00
http-fetch.c
http-push.c
http-walker.c http-walker: complain about non-404 loose object errors 2016-12-06 12:43:34 -08:00
http.c Merge branch 'jk/http-walker-limit-redirect' into maint 2017-01-17 14:49:29 -08:00
http.h Merge branch 'jk/http-walker-limit-redirect' into maint 2017-01-17 14:49:29 -08:00
ident.c
imap-send.c Merge branch 'jc/cocci-xstrdup-or-null' into maint 2016-10-28 09:01:23 -07:00
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kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
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line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
list-objects.c
list-objects.h
list.h
ll-merge.c
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c
log-tree.h
mailinfo.c Merge branch 'jt/mailinfo-fold-in-body-headers' into maint 2017-01-17 15:11:06 -08:00
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c cocci: refactor common patterns to use xstrdup_or_null() 2016-10-12 11:22:10 -07:00
mailmap.h
match-trees.c
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'nd/qsort-in-merge-recursive' into maint 2017-01-17 15:19:03 -08:00
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merge.c
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mru.c
mru.h
name-hash.c
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c
notes-utils.h
notes.c
notes.h
object.c
object.h
pack-bitmap-write.c
pack-bitmap.c sha1_file: rename git_open_noatime() to git_open() 2016-10-25 10:59:13 -07:00
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c Merge branch 'jk/verify-packfile-gently' into maint 2016-10-11 14:21:36 -07:00
pack-objects.c
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pack-write.c
pack.h
pager.c
parse-options-cb.c Merge branch 'rs/cocci' 2016-10-17 13:25:21 -07:00
parse-options.c parse-options: print "fatal:" before usage_msg_opt() 2016-12-14 09:58:09 -08:00
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path.c Merge branch 'js/normalize-path-copy-ceil' into maint 2017-01-17 15:11:03 -08:00
pathspec.c Merge branch 'ex/deprecate-empty-pathspec-as-match-all' 2016-10-26 13:14:56 -07:00
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c pkt-line: add functions to read/write flush terminated packet streams 2016-10-17 11:36:50 -07:00
pkt-line.h pkt-line: add functions to read/write flush terminated packet streams 2016-10-17 11:36:50 -07:00
preload-index.c
pretty.c Merge branch 'rs/cocci' into maint 2016-10-28 09:01:23 -07:00
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
quote.c
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reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c cache.h: document remove_index_entry_at 2017-01-19 12:17:57 -08:00
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'jc/for-each-ref-head-segfault-fix' 2016-11-23 11:23:16 -08:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
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refs.c Merge branch 'jc/cocci-xstrdup-or-null' 2016-10-26 13:14:45 -07:00
refs.h Merge branch 'nd/shallow-deepen' 2016-10-10 14:03:50 -07:00
remote-curl.c Merge branch 'dt/smart-http-detect-server-going-away' into maint 2017-01-17 15:19:03 -08:00
remote-testsvn.c
remote.c remote: avoid reading $GIT_DIR config in non-repo 2017-02-14 13:13:59 -08:00
remote.h
replace_object.c
rerere.c
rerere.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c
revision.h
run-command.c execv_dashed_external: wait for child on signal death 2017-01-09 13:41:40 -08:00
run-command.h execv_dashed_external: wait for child on signal death 2017-01-09 13:41:40 -08:00
send-pack.c cocci: refactor common patterns to use xstrdup_or_null() 2016-10-12 11:22:10 -07:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Revert "sequencer: remove useless get_dir() function" 2016-12-14 14:56:46 -08:00
sequencer.h sequencer: get rid of the subcommand field 2016-10-21 09:32:34 -07:00
server-info.c
setup.c
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1-array.c Merge branch 'rs/qsort' 2016-10-10 14:03:46 -07:00
sha1-array.h
sha1-lookup.c
sha1-lookup.h
sha1_file.c Merge branch 'jk/quote-env-path-list-component' into maint 2017-01-17 15:11:06 -08:00
sha1_name.c Merge branch 'jk/no-looking-at-dotgit-outside-repo' 2016-11-01 12:58:49 -07:00
shallow.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-fixup' into maint 2017-01-17 15:11:05 -08:00
shell.c
shortlog.h
show-index.c
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
split-index.c split-index: s/eith/with/ typo fix 2016-11-01 11:48:02 -07:00
split-index.h
strbuf.c link_alt_odb_entry: handle normalize_path errors 2016-10-10 13:52:36 -07:00
strbuf.h link_alt_odb_entry: handle normalize_path errors 2016-10-10 13:52:36 -07:00
streaming.c Merge branch 'jk/pack-objects-optim-mru' 2016-10-10 14:03:47 -07:00
streaming.h
string-list.c
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submodule-config.c
submodule-config.h
submodule.c Merge branch 'bw/push-dry-run' into maint 2017-01-17 14:49:27 -08:00
submodule.h push: fix --dry-run to not push submodules 2016-11-23 08:39:14 -08:00
symlinks.c
tag.c
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c tmp-objdir: quote paths we add to alternates 2016-12-12 15:10:46 -08:00
tmp-objdir.h tmp-objdir: introduce API for temporary object directories 2016-10-10 13:54:02 -07:00
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trailer.c Merge branch 'jt/trailer-with-cruft' 2016-10-31 13:15:22 -07:00
trailer.h
transport-helper.c remote helpers: avoid blind fall-back to ".git" when setting GIT_DIR 2017-02-14 13:14:00 -08:00
transport.c Merge branch 'bw/push-dry-run' into maint 2017-01-17 14:49:27 -08:00
transport.h Merge branch 'jc/abbrev-auto' 2016-10-27 14:58:48 -07:00
tree-diff.c
tree-walk.c
tree-walk.h
tree.c
tree.h
unicode_width.h unicode_width.h: update the width tables to Unicode 9.0 2016-12-14 09:48:07 -08:00
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'sb/unpack-trees-grammofix' into maint 2017-01-17 15:19:05 -08:00
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c upload-pack: optionally allow fetching any sha1 2016-11-18 13:06:14 -08:00
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
walker.c
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c worktree list: keep the list sorted 2016-11-28 13:18:51 -08:00
worktree.h worktree list: keep the list sorted 2016-11-28 13:18:51 -08:00
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c
write_or_die.c run-command: move check_pipe() from write_or_die to run_command 2016-10-17 11:36:49 -07:00
ws.c
wt-status.c Merge branch 'nd/ita-empty-commit' 2016-10-27 14:58:50 -07:00
wt-status.h wt-status: teach has_{unstaged,uncommitted}_changes() about submodules 2016-10-07 09:29:31 -07:00
xdiff-interface.c
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zlib.c

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 http://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-.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.

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