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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 6d5ed4836d git{,-blame}.el: remove old bitrotting Emacs code
The git-blame.el mode has been superseded by Emacs's own
vc-annotate (invoked by C-x v g). Users of the git.el mode are now
much better off using either Magit or the Git backend for Emacs's own
VC mode.

These modes were added over 10 years ago when Emacs's own Git support
was much less mature, and there weren't other mature modes in the wild
or shipped with Emacs itself.

These days these modes have few if any users, and users of git aren't
well served by us shipping these (some OS's install them alongside git
by default, which is confusing and leads users astray).

So let's remove these per Alexandre Julliard's message to the
ML[1]. If someone still wants these for some reason they're better
served by hosting these elsewhere (e.g. on ELPA), instead of us
distributing them with git.

However, since downstream packagers such as Debian are packaging this
as git-el it's less disruptive to still carry these files as Elisp
code that'll error out with a message suggesting alternatives, rather
than drop the files entirely[2].

Then rather than receive a cryptic load error when they upgrade
existing users will get an error directing them to the README file, or
to just stop requiring these modes. I think it makes sense to link to
GitHub's hosting of contrib/emacs/README (which'll be updated by the
time users see this) so they don't have to hunt down the packaged
README on their local system.

1. "Re: [PATCH] git.el: handle default excludesfile
   properly" (87muzlwhb0.fsf@winehq.org) --
   https://public-inbox.org/git/87muzlwhb0.fsf@winehq.org/

2. "Re: [PATCH v3] git{,-blame}.el: remove old bitrotting Emacs
   code" (20180327165751.GA4343@aiede.svl.corp.google.com) --
   https://public-inbox.org/git/20180327165751.GA4343@aiede.svl.corp.google.com/

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-04-16 17:25:49 +09:00
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Documentation Eighth batch for 2.17 2018-03-08 12:59:17 -08:00
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builtin Merge branch 'ab/gc-auto-in-commit' 2018-03-08 12:36:30 -08:00
ci Merge branch 'sg/travis-build-during-script-phase' 2018-03-08 12:36:23 -08:00
compat
contrib git{,-blame}.el: remove old bitrotting Emacs code 2018-04-16 17:25:49 +09:00
ewah
git-gui
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perl Merge branch 'bw/perl-timegm-timelocal-fix' 2018-03-06 14:54:08 -08:00
po
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INSTALL
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Makefile Merge branch 'ab/simplify-perl-makefile' 2018-03-06 14:54:04 -08:00
README.md
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aclocal.m4
advice.c
advice.h
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apply.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
apply.h
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c
archive.h
argv-array.c
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attr.c
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base85.c
bisect.c Merge branch 'ys/bisect-object-id-missing-conversion-fix' into maint 2018-02-27 10:43:55 -08:00
bisect.h
blame.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
blame.h
blob.c
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builtin.h
bulk-checkin.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c Merge branch 'rs/lose-leak-pending' into maint 2018-02-15 15:18:11 -08:00
bundle.h
cache-tree.c Merge branch 'po/object-id' 2018-02-15 14:55:43 -08:00
cache-tree.h
cache.h Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
check-builtins.sh
check-racy.c
check_bindir
checkout.c
checkout.h
color.c color.h: document and modernize header 2018-02-13 10:17:12 -08:00
color.h color.h: document and modernize header 2018-02-13 10:17:12 -08:00
column.c
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command-list.txt
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commit.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
commit.h Merge branch 'rs/lose-leak-pending' into maint 2018-02-15 15:18:11 -08:00
common-main.c
config.c Merge branch 'tb/crlf-conv-flags' 2018-02-13 13:39:08 -08:00
config.h
config.mak.in
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configure.ac
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connected.c Merge branch 'jh/partial-clone' 2018-02-13 13:39:04 -08:00
connected.h
convert.c Merge branch 'po/object-id' 2018-02-15 14:55:43 -08:00
convert.h
copy.c
credential-cache--daemon.c
credential-cache.c
credential-store.c
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c csum-file: abstract uses of SHA-1 2018-02-02 11:28:41 -08:00
csum-file.h csum-file: abstract uses of SHA-1 2018-02-02 11:28:41 -08:00
ctype.c
daemon.c Merge branch 'lw/daemon-log-destination' 2018-02-21 12:45:04 -08:00
date.c
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta.h
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diff-lib.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
diff-no-index.c
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diffcore-delta.c diffcore-delta: rename 'new' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
diffcore-order.c
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diffcore.h
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dir-iterator.h
dir.c Merge branch 'bp/untracked-cache-noflush' 2018-03-08 12:36:30 -08:00
dir.h Merge branch 'nd/fix-untracked-cache-invalidation' 2018-02-27 10:33:50 -08:00
editor.c
entry.c entry: rename 'new' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
environment.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
exec_cmd.c
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fast-import.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
fetch-object.c
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fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'js/packet-read-line-check-null' 2018-02-27 10:33:55 -08:00
fetch-pack.h
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c object: rename function 'typename' to 'type_name' 2018-02-14 13:10:05 -08:00
fsck.h
fsmonitor.c dir.c: ignore paths containing .git when invalidating untracked cache 2018-02-07 12:27:02 -08:00
fsmonitor.h dir.c: ignore paths containing .git when invalidating untracked cache 2018-02-07 12:27:02 -08:00
generate-cmdlist.sh
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl add -p: improve error messages 2018-02-13 13:01:56 -08:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh
git-compat-util.h wrapper: rename 'template' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl perl: call timegm and timelocal with 4-digit year 2018-02-23 14:47:06 -08:00
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
git-parse-remote.sh
git-quiltimport.sh
git-rebase--am.sh Merge branch 'nd/rebase-show-current-patch' 2018-03-06 14:54:02 -08:00
git-rebase--interactive.sh Merge branch 'nd/rebase-show-current-patch' 2018-03-06 14:54:02 -08:00
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git-rebase.sh Merge branch 'nd/rebase-show-current-patch' 2018-03-06 14:54:02 -08:00
git-remote-testgit.sh
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl Merge branch 'xz/send-email-batch-size' 2018-03-06 14:54:02 -08:00
git-sh-i18n.sh git-sh-i18n: check GETTEXT_POISON before USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME 2018-02-08 10:09:45 -08:00
git-sh-setup.sh
git-stash.sh Merge branch 'tg/stash-with-pathspec-fix' into maint 2018-02-15 15:18:13 -08:00
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl Merge branch 'jm/svn-pushmergeinfo-fix' into maint 2018-02-15 15:18:11 -08:00
git-web--browse.sh
git.c Mark messages for translations 2018-02-13 10:59:58 -08:00
git.rc
gpg-interface.c
gpg-interface.h
graph.c
graph.h
grep.c color.h: document and modernize header 2018-02-13 10:17:12 -08:00
grep.h
hash.h hash: update obsolete reference to SHA1_HEADER 2018-02-09 09:56:10 -08:00
hashmap.c
hashmap.h Merge branch 'rb/hashmap-h-compilation-fix' 2018-02-13 13:39:10 -08:00
help.c
help.h
hex.c
http-backend.c
http-fetch.c
http-push.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
http-walker.c
http.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
http.h
ident.c
imap-send.c imap-send: rename 'new' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
iterator.h
khash.h
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
line-log.c line-log: rename 'new' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
list-objects-filter-options.c
list-objects-filter-options.h
list-objects-filter.c
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c Merge branch 'jh/fsck-promisors' 2018-02-13 13:39:03 -08:00
list-objects.h
list.h
ll-merge.c
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
log-tree.h
mailinfo.c Merge branch 'jc/mailinfo-cleanup-fix' 2018-02-13 13:39:14 -08:00
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
match-trees.c sha1_file: convert write_sha1_file to object_id 2018-01-30 10:42:36 -08:00
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'jc/merge-symlink-ours-theirs' into maint 2018-02-15 15:18:12 -08:00
merge-recursive.h
merge.c
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
name-hash.c Merge branch 'bp/name-hash-dirname-fix' 2018-02-27 10:33:53 -08:00
notes-cache.c sha1_file: convert write_sha1_file to object_id 2018-01-30 10:42:36 -08:00
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c commit: convert commit_tree* to object_id 2018-01-30 10:42:36 -08:00
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c notes: convert write_notes_tree to object_id 2018-01-30 10:42:36 -08:00
notes-utils.h commit: convert commit_tree* to object_id 2018-01-30 10:42:36 -08:00
notes.c sha1_file: convert write_sha1_file to object_id 2018-01-30 10:42:36 -08:00
notes.h notes: convert write_notes_tree to object_id 2018-01-30 10:42:36 -08:00
object.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
object.h Merge branch 'rs/lose-leak-pending' into maint 2018-02-15 15:18:11 -08:00
oidmap.c
oidmap.h
oidset.c
oidset.h
pack-bitmap-write.c csum-file: rename sha1file to hashfile 2018-02-02 11:28:41 -08:00
pack-bitmap.c
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
pack-objects.c
pack-objects.h
pack-revindex.c
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c csum-file: rename sha1file to hashfile 2018-02-02 11:28:41 -08:00
pack.h csum-file: rename sha1file to hashfile 2018-02-02 11:28:41 -08:00
packfile.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
packfile.h
pager.c
parse-options-cb.c
parse-options.c
parse-options.h
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c
patch-ids.h
path.c
path.h
pathspec.c
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h
preload-index.c trace: measure where the time is spent in the index-heavy operations 2018-02-02 11:20:16 -08:00
pretty.c
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
quote.c Merge branch 'jk/sq-dequote-on-bogus-input' 2018-02-27 10:34:02 -08:00
quote.h
reachable.c object: rename function 'typename' to 'type_name' 2018-02-14 13:10:05 -08:00
reachable.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'ot/ref-filter-cleanup' 2018-03-08 12:36:24 -08:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
refs.c
refs.h
remote-curl.c Merge branch 'jk/push-options-via-transport-fix' 2018-02-28 13:37:58 -08:00
remote-testsvn.c
remote.c Merge branch 'jh/status-no-ahead-behind' 2018-03-08 12:36:24 -08:00
remote.h Merge branch 'jh/status-no-ahead-behind' 2018-03-08 12:36:24 -08:00
replace_object.c
repository.c Merge branch 'tg/split-index-fixes' 2018-02-13 13:39:13 -08:00
repository.h
rerere.c
rerere.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'ds/mark-parents-uninteresting-optim' 2018-03-08 12:36:27 -08:00
revision.h Merge branch 'jk/cached-commit-buffer' 2018-03-06 14:54:05 -08:00
run-command.c
run-command.h
send-pack.c always check for NULL return from packet_read_line() 2018-02-08 12:37:40 -08:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
sequencer.h Merge branch 'pw/sequencer-in-process-commit' 2018-02-13 13:39:15 -08:00
server-info.c
setup.c Merge branch 'as/ll-i18n' 2018-02-27 10:33:58 -08:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1-array.c
sha1-array.h
sha1-lookup.c packfile: refactor hash search with fanout table 2018-02-15 13:08:55 -08:00
sha1-lookup.h packfile: refactor hash search with fanout table 2018-02-15 13:08:55 -08:00
sha1_file.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
sha1_name.c Merge branch 'ds/find-unique-abbrev-optim' 2018-03-08 12:36:26 -08:00
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c
shell.c
shortlog.h
show-index.c
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
split-index.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
split-index.h split-index: rename 'new' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
strbuf.c strbuf_read_file(): preserve errno across close() call 2018-02-23 14:20:22 -08:00
strbuf.h
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
sub-process.c
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c Correct mispellings of ".gitmodule" to ".gitmodules" 2018-02-14 11:34:34 -08:00
submodule-config.h
submodule.c submodule: rename 'new' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
submodule.h submodule: rename 'new' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
symlinks.c
tag.c object: rename function 'typename' to 'type_name' 2018-02-14 13:10:05 -08:00
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c tempfile: rename 'template' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
tempfile.h tempfile: rename 'template' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c
tmp-objdir.h
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trailer.h
transport-helper.c Merge branch 'jh/partial-clone' 2018-02-13 13:39:04 -08:00
transport-internal.h
transport.c Merge branch 'jh/partial-clone' 2018-02-13 13:39:04 -08:00
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tree-diff.c
tree-walk.c
tree-walk.h
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tree.h
unicode_width.h
unimplemented.sh
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unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'bw/c-plus-plus' 2018-03-06 14:54:07 -08:00
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'jh/partial-clone' 2018-02-13 13:39:04 -08:00
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c userdiff: add built-in pattern for golang 2018-03-01 13:36:49 -08:00
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
walker.c object: rename function 'typename' to 'type_name' 2018-02-14 13:10:05 -08:00
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c
worktree.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c wrapper: rename 'template' variables 2018-02-22 10:08:05 -08:00
write_or_die.c
ws.c
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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-.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