Go to file
Glen Choo 5b3c650777 config: learn `git_protected_config()`
`uploadpack.packObjectsHook` is the only 'protected configuration only'
variable today, but we've noted that `safe.directory` and the upcoming
`safe.bareRepository` should also be 'protected configuration only'. So,
for consistency, we'd like to have a single implementation for protected
configuration.

The primary constraints are:

1. Reading from protected configuration should be fast. Nearly all "git"
   commands inside a bare repository will read both `safe.directory` and
   `safe.bareRepository`, so we cannot afford to be slow.

2. Protected configuration must be readable when the gitdir is not
   known. `safe.directory` and `safe.bareRepository` both affect
   repository discovery and the gitdir is not known at that point [1].

The chosen implementation in this commit is to read protected
configuration and cache the values in a global configset. This is
similar to the caching behavior we get with the_repository->config.

Introduce git_protected_config(), which reads protected configuration
and caches them in the global configset protected_config. Then, refactor
`uploadpack.packObjectsHook` to use git_protected_config().

The protected configuration functions are named similarly to their
non-protected counterparts, e.g. git_protected_config_check_init() vs
git_config_check_init().

In light of constraint 1, this implementation can still be improved.
git_protected_config() iterates through every variable in
protected_config, which is wasteful, but it makes the conversion simple
because it matches existing patterns. We will likely implement constant
time lookup functions for protected configuration in a future series
(such functions already exist for non-protected configuration, i.e.
repo_config_get_*()).

An alternative that avoids introducing another configset is to continue
to read all config using git_config(), but only accept values that have
the correct config scope [2]. This technically fulfills constraint 2,
because git_config() simply ignores the local and worktree config when
the gitdir is not known. However, this would read incomplete config into
the_repository->config, which would need to be reset when the gitdir is
known and git_config() needs to read the local and worktree config.
Resetting the_repository->config might be reasonable while we only have
these 'protected configuration only' variables, but it's not clear
whether this extends well to future variables.

[1] In this case, we do have a candidate gitdir though, so with a little
refactoring, it might be possible to provide a gitdir.
[2] This is how `uploadpack.packObjectsHook` was implemented prior to
this commit.

Signed-off-by: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2022-07-14 15:08:29 -07:00
.github ci(github): bring back the 'print test failures' step 2022-06-08 16:12:37 -07:00
Documentation Documentation: define protected configuration 2022-07-14 15:08:29 -07:00
block-sha1
builtin Merge branch 'cl/grep-max-count' 2022-07-13 14:54:55 -07:00
ci Merge branch 'js/ci-github-workflow-markup' 2022-06-17 10:33:32 -07:00
compat Merge branch 'jh/builtin-fsmonitor-part3' 2022-06-10 15:04:15 -07:00
contrib vscode: improve tab size and wrapping 2022-06-27 15:37:44 -07:00
ewah Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
git-gui
gitk-git Merge branch 'master' of git://git.ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk 2022-05-11 08:25:02 -07:00
gitweb gitweb: switch to an XHTML5 DOCTYPE 2022-06-02 11:51:15 -07:00
mergetools
negotiator
perl
po l10n: sv.po: Update Swedish translation (5367t0f0u) 2022-06-26 20:38:46 +08:00
ppc
refs Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
reftable Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583
sha1dc
sha256
t config: learn `git_protected_config()` 2022-07-14 15:08:29 -07:00
templates fsmonitor: query watchman with right valid json 2022-06-07 10:00:49 -07:00
trace2
xdiff Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
.cirrus.yml ci: update Cirrus-CI image to FreeBSD 12.3 2022-05-25 08:47:11 -07:00
.clang-format
.editorconfig
.gitattributes
.gitignore Makefile: have "make pot" not "reset --hard" 2022-05-26 10:30:27 -07:00
.gitmodules
.mailmap
.tsan-suppressions
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
COPYING
GIT-VERSION-GEN Git 2.37.1 2022-07-04 13:45:08 -07:00
INSTALL
LGPL-2.1
Makefile Merge branch 'jh/builtin-fsmonitor-part3' 2022-06-10 15:04:15 -07:00
README.md
RelNotes Git 2.37.1 2022-07-04 13:45:08 -07:00
SECURITY.md
abspath.c
aclocal.m4
add-interactive.c Merge 'js/add-i-delete' into maint-2.37 2022-07-04 13:40:59 -07:00
add-interactive.h
add-patch.c run-command API: rename "env_array" to "env" 2022-06-02 14:31:16 -07:00
advice.c
advice.h
alias.c
alias.h
alloc.c
alloc.h
apply.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
apply.h
archive-tar.c archive-tar: use internal gzip by default 2022-06-15 13:19:47 -07:00
archive-zip.c
archive.c archive --add-virtual-file: allow paths containing colons 2022-05-30 23:07:31 -07:00
archive.h archive: rename archiver data field to filter_command 2022-06-15 13:19:46 -07:00
attr.c
attr.h
banned.h
base85.c
bisect.c
bisect.h bisect: output state before we are ready to compute bisection 2022-05-11 12:35:11 -07:00
blame.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
blame.h
blob.c
blob.h
bloom.c
bloom.h
branch.c Merge branch 'ds/branch-checked-out' 2022-07-11 15:38:51 -07:00
branch.h Merge branch 'ds/branch-checked-out' 2022-07-11 15:38:51 -07:00
builtin.h
bulk-checkin.c Merge branch 'tb/cruft-packs' 2022-06-03 14:30:37 -07:00
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c Merge branch 'ab/plug-leak-in-revisions' 2022-06-07 14:10:56 -07:00
bundle.h bundle.h: make "fd" version of read_bundle_header() public 2022-05-16 15:02:10 -07:00
cache-tree.c cache-tree: remove cache_tree_find_path() 2022-06-16 11:59:56 -07:00
cache-tree.h cache-tree: remove cache_tree_find_path() 2022-06-16 11:59:56 -07:00
cache.h Merge branch 'ds/midx-normalize-pathname-before-comparison' into maint 2022-06-08 14:27:53 -07:00
cbtree.c
cbtree.h
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
check-builtins.sh
checkout.c
checkout.h
chunk-format.c chunk-format.h: extract oid_version() 2022-05-26 15:48:26 -07:00
chunk-format.h chunk-format.h: extract oid_version() 2022-05-26 15:48:26 -07:00
color.c
color.h
column.c
column.h
combine-diff.c Merge branch 'rs/combine-diff-with-incompatible-options' 2022-07-11 15:38:48 -07:00
command-list.txt
commit-graph.c Merge branch 'tb/cruft-packs' 2022-06-03 14:30:37 -07:00
commit-graph.h
commit-reach.c
commit-reach.h
commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
commit-slab.h
commit.c i18n: fix mismatched camelCase config variables 2022-06-17 10:38:26 -07:00
commit.h
common-main.c usage.c: add a non-fatal bug() function to go with BUG() 2022-06-02 12:51:35 -07:00
config.c config: learn `git_protected_config()` 2022-07-14 15:08:29 -07:00
config.h config: learn `git_protected_config()` 2022-07-14 15:08:29 -07:00
config.mak.dev Revert -Wno-error=dangling-pointer 2022-06-01 08:49:13 -07:00
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname Merge branch 'jh/builtin-fsmonitor-part3' 2022-06-10 15:04:15 -07:00
configure.ac Merge branch 'ab/misc-cleanup' 2022-05-10 17:41:10 -07:00
connect.c Merge branch 'ab/env-array' 2022-06-10 15:04:13 -07:00
connect.h
connected.c run-command API: rename "env_array" to "env" 2022-06-02 14:31:16 -07:00
connected.h
convert.c
convert.h
copy.c
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c Merge branch 'ab/env-array' 2022-06-10 15:04:13 -07:00
date.c
date.h
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta-islands.c
delta-islands.h
delta.h
detect-compiler detect-compiler: make detection independent of locale 2022-05-09 08:52:26 -07:00
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c
diff-merges.c
diff-merges.h
diff-no-index.c
diff.c diff: use mks_tempfile_dt() 2022-04-20 16:17:35 -07:00
diff.h
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 Merge branch 'js/ci-gcc-12-fixes' into maint 2022-06-08 14:27:50 -07:00
dir.h dir API: add a generalized path_match_flags() function 2022-05-16 15:02:09 -07:00
editor.c run-command API: rename "env_array" to "env" 2022-06-02 14:31:16 -07:00
entry.c
entry.h
environment.c Merge branch 'ds/midx-normalize-pathname-before-comparison' into maint 2022-06-08 14:27:53 -07:00
environment.h
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'ds/bundle-uri' 2022-06-03 14:30:34 -07:00
fetch-pack.h
fmt-merge-msg.c
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c dir API: add a generalized path_match_flags() function 2022-05-16 15:02:09 -07:00
fsck.h
fsmonitor--daemon.h fsmonitor--daemon: stub in health thread 2022-05-26 15:59:27 -07:00
fsmonitor-ipc.c
fsmonitor-ipc.h
fsmonitor-settings.c fsmonitor: avoid memory leak in `fsm_settings__get_incompatible_msg()` 2022-06-16 13:22:03 -07:00
fsmonitor-settings.h fsmonitor-settings: NTFS and FAT32 on MacOS are incompatible 2022-05-26 15:59:26 -07:00
fsmonitor.c fsmonitor: never set CE_FSMONITOR_VALID on submodules 2022-05-26 15:59:27 -07:00
fsmonitor.h fsmonitor: never set CE_FSMONITOR_VALID on submodules 2022-05-26 15:59:27 -07:00
fuzz-commit-graph.c
fuzz-pack-headers.c
fuzz-pack-idx.c
generate-cmdlist.sh
generate-configlist.sh
generate-hooklist.sh
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh
git-compat-util.h Sync with 2.35.4 2022-06-23 12:36:12 +02:00
git-curl-compat.h
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl
git-difftool--helper.sh
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh
git-mergetool.sh
git-p4.py Merge branch 'tk/p4-metadata-coding-strategies' 2022-05-20 15:27:00 -07:00
git-quiltimport.sh
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl
git-web--browse.sh
git.c Merge branch 'jh/builtin-fsmonitor-part3' 2022-06-10 15:04:15 -07:00
git.rc
gpg-interface.c i18n: fix mismatched camelCase config variables 2022-06-17 10:38:26 -07:00
gpg-interface.h
graph.c
graph.h
grep.c grep: add --max-count command line option 2022-06-22 13:23:29 -07:00
grep.h grep: add --max-count command line option 2022-06-22 13:23:29 -07:00
hash-lookup.c
hash-lookup.h
hash.h
hashmap.c
hashmap.h
help.c
help.h
hex.c
hook.c Merge branch 'ab/hooks-regression-fix' 2022-06-13 15:53:41 -07:00
hook.h
http-backend.c run-command API: rename "env_array" to "env" 2022-06-02 14:31:16 -07:00
http-fetch.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' for maint-2.35 2022-05-02 10:06:04 -07:00
http-push.c Merge branch 'ab/plug-leak-in-revisions' 2022-06-07 14:10:56 -07:00
http-walker.c tree-wide: apply equals-null.cocci 2022-05-02 09:50:37 -07:00
http.c i18n: fix mismatched camelCase config variables 2022-06-17 10:38:26 -07:00
http.h http: make http_get_file() external 2022-05-16 15:02:09 -07:00
ident.c
imap-send.c
iterator.h
json-writer.c
json-writer.h
khash.h
kwset.c tree-wide: apply equals-null.cocci 2022-05-02 09:50:37 -07:00
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
line-log.c
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
list-objects.h
list.h
ll-merge.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
log-tree.h
ls-refs.c
ls-refs.h
mailinfo.c tree-wide: apply equals-null.cocci 2022-05-02 09:50:37 -07:00
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
mailmap.h
match-trees.c
mem-pool.c
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-ort-wrappers.c
merge-ort-wrappers.h
merge-ort.c Merge branch 'ab/plug-leak-in-revisions' 2022-06-07 14:10:56 -07:00
merge-ort.h
merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'ab/plug-leak-in-revisions' 2022-06-07 14:10:56 -07:00
merge-recursive.h
merge.c
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
midx.c Merge branch 'ds/midx-normalize-pathname-before-comparison' into maint 2022-06-08 14:27:53 -07:00
midx.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-file.c Merge branch 'ab/env-array' 2022-06-10 15:04:13 -07:00
object-name.c object-name: diagnose trees in index properly 2022-04-26 13:56:39 -07:00
object-store.h Merge branch 'tb/cruft-packs' 2022-06-03 14:30:37 -07:00
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 Merge branch 'ab/plug-leak-in-revisions' 2022-06-07 14:10:56 -07:00
pack-bitmap.c Merge branch 'tb/midx-race-in-pack-objects' 2022-06-03 14:30:35 -07:00
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c
pack-mtimes.c pack-mtimes: avoid closing a bogus file descriptor 2022-06-16 13:22:03 -07:00
pack-mtimes.h pack-mtimes: support reading .mtimes files 2022-05-26 15:48:26 -07:00
pack-objects.c pack-mtimes: support writing pack .mtimes files 2022-05-26 15:48:26 -07:00
pack-objects.h pack-objects.h: remove outdated pahole results 2022-06-28 15:39:03 -07:00
pack-revindex.c
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c pack-write: drop always-NULL parameter 2022-06-16 11:59:55 -07:00
pack.h pack-mtimes: support writing pack .mtimes files 2022-05-26 15:48:26 -07:00
packfile.c Merge branch 'jk/optim-promisor-object-enumeration' 2022-07-11 15:38:50 -07:00
packfile.h
pager.c run-command API: rename "env_array" to "env" 2022-06-02 14:31:16 -07:00
parallel-checkout.c
parallel-checkout.h
parse-options-cb.c
parse-options.c parse-options.c: use optbug() instead of BUG() "opts" check 2022-06-02 12:51:35 -07:00
parse-options.h
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c
patch-ids.h
path.c Merge branch 'ds/bundle-uri' 2022-06-03 14:30:34 -07:00
path.h
pathspec.c Merge branch 'jc/all-negative-pathspec' 2022-06-07 14:10:59 -07:00
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h
preload-index.c
pretty.c
pretty.h
prio-queue.c tree-wide: apply equals-null.cocci 2022-05-02 09:50:37 -07:00
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
promisor-remote.c Merge branch 'ab/env-array' 2022-06-10 15:04:13 -07:00
promisor-remote.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol-caps.c
protocol-caps.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
prune-packed.c
prune-packed.h
quote.c
quote.h
range-diff.c Merge branch 'pb/range-diff-with-submodule' 2022-06-13 15:53:41 -07:00
range-diff.h
reachable.c reachable: report precise timestamps from objects in cruft packs 2022-05-26 15:48:26 -07:00
reachable.h builtin/pack-objects.c: --cruft with expiration 2022-05-26 15:48:26 -07:00
read-cache.c read_index_from(): avoid memory leak 2022-06-16 13:22:03 -07:00
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
rebase.c
rebase.h
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'ab/plug-leak-in-revisions' 2022-06-07 14:10:56 -07:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
reflog.c
reflog.h
refs.c clone: die() instead of BUG() on bad refs 2022-04-25 11:05:28 -07:00
refs.h
refspec.c
refspec.h
remote-curl.c
remote.c Merge branch 'jk/remote-show-with-negative-refspecs' 2022-07-13 14:54:54 -07:00
remote.h remote: handle negative refspecs in git remote show 2022-06-17 10:03:59 -07:00
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repo-settings.c
repository.c
repository.h
rerere.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
rerere.h
reset.c
reset.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'ab/plug-leak-in-revisions' 2022-06-07 14:10:56 -07:00
revision.h Merge branch 'ab/plug-leak-in-revisions' 2022-06-07 14:10:56 -07:00
run-command.c Merge branch 'js/wait-or-whine-can-fail' 2022-06-13 15:53:44 -07:00
run-command.h Merge branch 'ab/hooks-regression-fix' 2022-06-13 15:53:41 -07:00
send-pack.c send-pack.c: add config push.useBitmaps 2022-06-17 14:31:01 -07:00
send-pack.h send-pack.c: add config push.useBitmaps 2022-06-17 14:31:01 -07:00
sequencer.c Merge branch 'jc/revert-show-parent-info' 2022-06-15 15:09:27 -07:00
sequencer.h revert: optionally refer to commit in the "reference" format 2022-05-26 23:05:03 -07:00
serve.c
serve.h
server-info.c
setup.c Git 2.37.1 2022-07-11 16:08:49 -07:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c tree-wide: apply equals-null.cocci 2022-05-02 09:50:37 -07:00
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c Merge branch 'jt/unparse-commit-upon-graft-change' 2022-06-13 15:53:42 -07:00
shallow.h
shared.mak Makefile: add "po-init" rule to initialize po/XX.po 2022-05-26 10:32:57 -07:00
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
simple-ipc.h
sparse-index.c Merge branch 'ds/sparse-sparse-checkout' 2022-06-03 14:30:35 -07:00
sparse-index.h Merge branch 'ds/sparse-sparse-checkout' 2022-06-03 14:30:35 -07:00
split-index.c
split-index.h
stable-qsort.c
strbuf.c
strbuf.h
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
strmap.c
strmap.h
strvec.c
strvec.h
sub-process.c
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c i18n: fix mismatched camelCase config variables 2022-06-17 10:38:26 -07:00
submodule-config.h Merge branch 'pb/submodule-recurse-mode-enum' 2022-05-20 15:26:53 -07:00
submodule.c Merge branch 'ab/env-array' 2022-06-10 15:04:13 -07:00
submodule.h Merge branch 'ab/env-array' 2022-06-10 15:04:13 -07:00
symlinks.c
tag.c
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c tempfile: add mks_tempfile_dt() 2022-04-20 16:17:33 -07:00
tempfile.h tempfile: add mks_tempfile_dt() 2022-04-20 16:17:33 -07:00
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c
tmp-objdir.h
trace.c
trace.h
trace2.c common-main.c: move non-trace2 exit() behavior out of trace2.c 2022-06-02 12:51:30 -07:00
trace2.h common-main.c: move non-trace2 exit() behavior out of trace2.c 2022-06-02 12:51:30 -07:00
trailer.c Merge branch 'ab/env-array' 2022-06-10 15:04:13 -07:00
trailer.h
transport-helper.c run-command API: rename "env_array" to "env" 2022-06-02 14:31:16 -07:00
transport-internal.h
transport.c Merge branch 'fh/transport-push-leakfix' 2022-06-07 14:10:57 -07:00
transport.h push: new config option "push.autoSetupRemote" supports "simple" push 2022-04-29 11:20:55 -07:00
tree-diff.c
tree-walk.c
tree-walk.h
tree.c
tree.h
unicode-width.h
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unix-stream-server.c
unix-stream-server.h
unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'jh/builtin-fsmonitor-part3' 2022-06-10 15:04:15 -07:00
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c config: learn `git_protected_config()` 2022-07-14 15:08:29 -07:00
upload-pack.h
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c i18n: mark message helpers prefix for translation 2022-06-21 10:06:54 -07:00
userdiff.c
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
walker.c
walker.h
wildmatch.c tree-wide: apply equals-null.cocci 2022-05-02 09:50:37 -07:00
wildmatch.h
worktree.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
worktree.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' 2022-05-20 15:26:59 -07:00
write-or-die.c
ws.c
wt-status.c Merge branch 'ab/env-array' 2022-06-10 15:04:13 -07:00
wt-status.h
xdiff-interface.c Merge branch 'ep/maint-equals-null-cocci' for maint-2.35 2022-05-02 10:06:04 -07:00
xdiff-interface.h
zlib.c

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 with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org (not the Git list). The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.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