Go to file
Patrick Steinhardt 8ccc75c245 remote: announce removal of "branches/" and "remotes/"
Back when Git was in its infancy, remotes were configured via separate
files in "branches/" (back in 2005). This mechanism was replaced later
that year with the "remotes/" directory. Both mechanisms have eventually
been replaced by config-based remotes, and it is very unlikely that
anybody still uses these directories to configure their remotes.

Both of these directories have been marked as deprecated, one in 2005
and the other one in 2011. Follow through with the deprecation and
finally announce the removal of these features in Git 3.0.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
[jc: with a small tweak to the help message]
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-01-24 08:08:56 -08:00
.github ci: repurpose "linux-gcc" job for deprecations 2025-01-22 12:28:28 -08:00
Documentation remote: announce removal of "branches/" and "remotes/" 2025-01-24 08:08:56 -08:00
bin-wrappers Introduce support for the Meson build system 2024-12-07 07:52:14 +09:00
block-sha1
builtin remote: announce removal of "branches/" and "remotes/" 2025-01-24 08:08:56 -08:00
ci ci: repurpose "linux-gcc" job for deprecations 2025-01-22 12:28:28 -08:00
compat Merge branch 'ak/typofixes' into maint-2.47 2024-11-25 12:29:48 +09:00
contrib Makefile: wire up build option for deprecated features 2025-01-22 12:28:27 -08:00
ewah
git-gui Merge https://github.com/j6t/git-gui 2024-11-11 12:47:44 +09:00
gitk-git
gitweb Introduce support for the Meson build system 2024-12-07 07:52:14 +09:00
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 'ps/reftable-iterator-reuse' 2024-12-10 10:04:58 +09:00
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 remote: announce removal of "branches/" and "remotes/" 2025-01-24 08:08:56 -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 ci: repurpose "linux-gcc" job for deprecations 2025-01-22 12:28:28 -08:00
.gitmodules
.mailmap
.tsan-suppressions
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
COPYING
GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in Makefile: wire up build option for deprecated features 2025-01-22 12:28:27 -08:00
GIT-VERSION-FILE.in Makefile: refactor GIT-VERSION-GEN to be reusable 2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
GIT-VERSION-GEN Makefile: generate doc versions via GIT-VERSION-GEN 2024-12-07 07:52:09 +09:00
INSTALL Require Perl 5.26.0 2024-10-23 16:16:36 -04:00
LGPL-2.1
Makefile builtin/pack-redundant: remove subcommand with breaking changes 2025-01-22 12:34:05 -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
advice.h
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 refs: allow passing flags when setting up a transaction 2024-11-21 07:59:14 +09:00
branch.h
builtin.h
bulk-checkin.c
bulk-checkin.h
bundle-uri.c
bundle-uri.h
bundle.c
bundle.h
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 combine-diff: fix leaking lost lines 2024-11-04 22:37:55 -08:00
command-list.txt
commit-graph.c
commit-graph.h
commit-reach.c
commit-reach.h
commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
commit-slab.h
commit.c
commit.h
common-main.c
config.c
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: use object_id in find_pack_entry_one() 2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
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 Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47 2024-11-25 12:29:39 +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: fix leak when parsing "status.showUntrackedFiles" 2024-11-04 22:37:56 -08:00
dir.h
editor.c
editor.h
entry.c
entry.h
environment.c
environment.h
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-pack.c fetch-pack: die if in commit graph but not obj db 2024-11-05 18:57:22 -08:00
fetch-pack.h
fmt-merge-msg.c
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c
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 Require Perl 5.26.0 2024-10-23 16:16:36 -04:00
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-curl-compat: remove check for curl 7.56.0 2024-10-23 16:16:35 -04:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl Require Perl 5.26.0 2024-10-23 16:16:36 -04:00
git-cvsimport.perl Require Perl 5.26.0 2024-10-23 16:16:36 -04:00
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 builtin/pack-redundant: remove subcommand with breaking changes 2025-01-22 12:34:05 -08:00
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
hook.h
http-backend.c
http-fetch.c
http-push.c packfile: convert find_sha1_pack() to use object_id 2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
http-walker.c packfile: convert find_sha1_pack() to use object_id 2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
http.c Merge branch 'bc/drop-ancient-libcurl-and-perl' 2024-12-04 10:14:48 +09:00
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: work around reported leak on error 2024-11-04 22:37:57 -08:00
list-objects-filter-options.h
list-objects-filter.c
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c
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: replace atoi() with strtol_i() for marker size validation 2024-10-24 14:03:44 -04:00
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 Makefile: wire up build option for deprecated features 2025-01-22 12:28:27 -08:00
meson_options.txt Makefile: wire up build option for deprecated features 2025-01-22 12:28:27 -08:00
midx-write.c
midx.c packfile: use object_id in find_pack_entry_one() 2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
midx.h
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
object-name.h
object-store-ll.h
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 'tb/boundary-traversal-fix' 2024-12-04 10:14:44 +09:00
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c
pack-mtimes.c
pack-mtimes.h
pack-objects.c
pack-objects.h
pack-revindex.c
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c
pack.h
packfile.c packfile: use oidread() instead of hashcpy() to fill object_id 2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
packfile.h packfile: use object_id in find_pack_entry_one() 2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
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: clear signature check 2024-11-04 22:37:53 -08:00
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
promisor-remote.c
promisor-remote.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol-caps.c
protocol-caps.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
prune-packed.c
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
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 'sj/ref-contents-check' 2024-12-04 10:14:42 +09:00
refs.h Merge branch 'sj/ref-contents-check' 2024-12-04 10:14:42 +09:00
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 remote: announce removal of "branches/" and "remotes/" 2025-01-24 08:08:56 -08:00
remote.h remote: announce removal of "branches/" and "remotes/" 2025-01-24 08:08:56 -08:00
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repo-settings.c
repo-settings.h
repository.c
repository.h
rerere.c
rerere.h
reset.c
reset.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c bisect: fix leaking good/bad terms when reading multipe times 2024-11-21 08:23:40 +09:00
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
setup.h
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c
shallow.h
shared.mak
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
simple-ipc.h
sparse-index.c sparse-index: correctly free EWAH contents 2024-11-04 22:37:56 -08:00
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
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
strmap.c
strmap.h
strvec.c strvec: introduce new `strvec_splice()` function 2024-11-21 08:23:42 +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
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-helper: fix leaking import/export marks 2024-11-04 22:37:54 -08:00
transport-internal.h
transport.c
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 http-walker: use object_id instead of bare hash 2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c
worktree.h
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