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Patrick Steinhardt ab1c6e1d12 odb: introduce `odb_write_object()` We do not have a backend-agnostic way to write objects into an object database. While there is `write_object_file()`, this function is rather specific to the loose object format. Introduce `odb_write_object()` to plug this gap. For now, this function is a simple wrapper around `write_object_file()` and doesn't even use the passed-in object database yet. This will change in subsequent commits, where `write_object_file()` is converted so that it works on top of an `odb_source`. `odb_write_object()` will then become responsible for deciding which source an object shall be written to. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>		2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
.github	Merge branch 'js/github-ci-win-coverity-fix'	2025-06-13 13:29:15 -07:00
Documentation	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
bin-wrappers	…
block-sha1	…
builtin	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
ci	…
compat	Merge branch 'ss/revert-builtin-bswap-stuff'	2025-06-13 13:29:14 -07:00
compiler-tricks	…
contrib	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
ewah	…
git-gui	Sync with 2.49.1	2025-06-15 21:54:23 -07:00
gitk-git	Sync with 2.49.1	2025-06-15 21:54:23 -07:00
gitweb	…
mergetools	doc: update references to renamed AsciiDoc files	2025-06-06 15:05:47 -07:00
negotiator	…
oss-fuzz	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
perl	…
po	l10n: zh_TW: update translation for Git 2.50	2025-06-12 22:29:32 +08:00
refs	Merge branch 'kn/fetch-push-bulk-ref-update'	2025-07-08 15:49:19 -07:00
reftable	…
sha1	…
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583	…
sha1dc	…
sha256	…
subprojects	…
t	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
templates	…
trace2	…
xdiff	…
.cirrus.yml	ci: update FreeBSD image to 14.3	2025-07-01 07:46:22 -07:00
.clang-format	…
.editorconfig	…
.gitattributes	…
.gitignore	…
.gitlab-ci.yml	…
.gitmodules	…
.mailmap	…
.tsan-suppressions	…
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md	…
COPYING	…
GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in	…
GIT-VERSION-FILE.in	…
GIT-VERSION-GEN	Start 2.51 cycle, the first batch	2025-06-17 10:44:42 -07:00
INSTALL	…
LGPL-2.1	…
Makefile	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
README.md	…
RelNotes	Start 2.51 cycle, the first batch	2025-06-17 10:44:42 -07:00
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	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
apply.h	…
archive-tar.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
archive-zip.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
archive.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
archive.h	…
attr.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
attr.h	…
banned.h	…
base85.c	…
base85.h	…
bisect.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
bisect.h	…
blame.c	odb: rename `pretend_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
blame.h	…
blob.c	…
blob.h	…
bloom.c	…
bloom.h	…
branch.c	remote: remove branch->merge_name and fix branch_release()	2025-06-23 16:38:55 -07:00
branch.h	…
builtin.h	…
bulk-checkin.c	object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`	2025-07-16 22:16:14 -07:00
bulk-checkin.h	…
bundle-uri.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
bundle-uri.h	…
bundle.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
bundle.h	…
cache-tree.c	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
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	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
command-list.txt	…
commit-graph.c	odb: rename `has_object()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
commit-graph.h	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
commit-reach.c	…
commit-reach.h	…
commit-slab-decl.h	…
commit-slab-impl.h	…
commit-slab.h	…
commit.c	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
commit.h	…
common-exit.c	…
common-init.c	…
common-init.h	…
common-main.c	…
config.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
config.h	…
config.mak.dev	…
config.mak.in	…
config.mak.uname	Merge branch 'bs/solaris-10-and-11'	2025-06-18 13:53:35 -07:00
configure.ac	…
connect.c	…
connect.h	…
connected.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
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 'cb/daemon-retry-interrupted-accept'	2025-07-07 14:12:57 -07:00
date.c	…
date.h	…
decorate.c	…
decorate.h	…
delta-islands.c	…
delta-islands.h	…
delta.h	…
detect-compiler	…
diagnose.c	odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `for_each()` functions	2025-07-01 14:46:36 -07:00
diagnose.h	…
diff-delta.c	…
diff-lib.c	…
diff-merges.c	…
diff-merges.h	…
diff-no-index.c	diff-no-index: do not reference .d_type member of struct dirent	2025-06-18 13:05:29 -07:00
diff.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -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 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
dir.h	dir: move starts_with_dot(_dot)_slash to dir.h	2025-06-23 16:38:56 -07:00
editor.c	…
editor.h	…
entry.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
entry.h	…
environment.c	environment: remove the global variable 'core_preload_index'	2025-06-10 10:10:38 -07:00
environment.h	environment: remove the global variable 'core_preload_index'	2025-06-10 10:10:38 -07:00
exec-cmd.c	…
exec-cmd.h	…
fetch-negotiator.c	…
fetch-negotiator.h	…
fetch-pack.c	odb: rename `has_object()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
fetch-pack.h	…
fmt-merge-msg.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
fmt-merge-msg.h	…
fsck.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
fsck.h	…
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	…
generate-configlist.sh	Merge branch 'jc/sed-build-fixes'	2025-06-13 13:29:14 -07:00
generate-hooklist.sh	…
generate-perl.sh	…
generate-python.sh	…
generate-script.sh	…
gettext.c	…
gettext.h	…
git-archimport.perl	…
git-compat-util.h	Merge branch 'jc/you-still-use-whatchanged'	2025-06-25 14:07:35 -07:00
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	…
git-quiltimport.sh	…
git-request-pull.sh	…
git-send-email.perl	send-email: show the new message id assigned by outlook in the logs	2025-06-04 09:30:13 -07:00
git-sh-i18n.sh	…
git-sh-setup.sh	…
git-submodule.sh	…
git-svn.perl	…
git-web--browse.sh	…
git-zlib.c	…
git-zlib.h	…
git.c	Merge branch 'jc/you-still-use-whatchanged'	2025-06-25 14:07:35 -07:00
git.rc.in	…
gpg-interface.c	…
gpg-interface.h	…
graph.c	…
graph.h	…
grep.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
grep.h	…
hash-lookup.c	…
hash-lookup.h	…
hash.c	…
hash.h	object-name: make get_oid quietly return an error	2025-06-12 13:32:17 -07:00
hashmap.c	…
hashmap.h	…
help.c	…
help.h	…
hex-ll.c	…
hex-ll.h	…
hex.c	…
hex.h	…
hook.c	…
hook.h	…
http-backend.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
http-fetch.c	…
http-push.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
http-walker.c	odb: rename `has_object()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
http.c	object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`	2025-07-16 22:16:14 -07:00
http.h	…
ident.c	Merge branch 'sa/multi-mailmap-fix'	2025-06-24 09:48:51 -07:00
ident.h	…
imap-send.c	Merge branch 'ag/imap-send-resurrection'	2025-07-02 12:08:05 -07:00
iterator.h	…
json-writer.c	…
json-writer.h	…
khash.h	…
kwset.c	…
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	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
list-objects-filter.h	…
list-objects.c	odb: rename `has_object()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
list-objects.h	…
list.h	…
lockfile.c	…
lockfile.h	…
log-tree.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
log-tree.h	…
loose.c	loose: write loose objects map via their source	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
loose.h	loose: write loose objects map via their source	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
ls-refs.c	…
ls-refs.h	…
mailinfo.c	Merge branch 'jg/mailinfo-leakfix'	2025-06-25 14:07:37 -07:00
mailinfo.h	…
mailmap.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
mailmap.h	…
match-trees.c	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
match-trees.h	…
mem-pool.c	…
mem-pool.h	…
merge-blobs.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
merge-blobs.h	…
merge-ll.c	…
merge-ll.h	…
merge-ort-wrappers.c	…
merge-ort-wrappers.h	…
merge-ort.c	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
merge-ort.h	…
merge.c	…
merge.h	…
mergesort.h	…
meson.build	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
meson_options.txt	…
midx-write.c	object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`	2025-07-16 22:16:14 -07:00
midx.c	object-store: rename `object_directory` to `odb_source`	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
midx.h	…
name-hash.c	…
name-hash.h	…
notes-cache.c	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
notes-cache.h	…
notes-merge.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
notes-merge.h	…
notes-utils.c	…
notes-utils.h	…
notes.c	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
notes.h	…
object-file-convert.c	…
object-file-convert.h	…
object-file.c	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
object-file.h	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
object-name.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
object-name.h	…
object.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
object.h	…
odb.c	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
odb.h	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
oid-array.c	…
oid-array.h	…
oidmap.c	…
oidmap.h	…
oidset.c	…
oidset.h	…
oidtree.c	…
oidtree.h	…
pack-bitmap-write.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
pack-bitmap.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
pack-bitmap.h	…
pack-check.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
pack-mtimes.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
pack-mtimes.h	…
pack-objects.c	…
pack-objects.h	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
pack-revindex.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
pack-revindex.h	…
pack-write.c	object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`	2025-07-16 22:16:14 -07:00
pack.h	object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`	2025-07-16 22:16:14 -07:00
packfile.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
packfile.h	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
pager.c	…
pager.h	…
parallel-checkout.c	…
parallel-checkout.h	…
parse-options-cb.c	…
parse-options.c	…
parse-options.h	…
parse.c	…
parse.h	…
patch-delta.c	…
patch-ids.c	…
patch-ids.h	…
path-walk.c	…
path-walk.h	…
path.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
path.h	…
pathspec.c	…
pathspec.h	…
pkt-line.c	…
pkt-line.h	…
preload-index.c	preload-index: stop depending on 'the_repository'	2025-06-10 10:10:40 -07:00
preload-index.h	…
pretty.c	…
pretty.h	…
prio-queue.c	…
prio-queue.h	…
progress.c	…
progress.h	…
promisor-remote.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
promisor-remote.h	…
prompt.c	…
prompt.h	…
protocol-caps.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
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	…
range-diff.h	…
reachable.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
reachable.h	…
read-cache-ll.h	…
read-cache.c	odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`	2025-07-16 22:16:15 -07:00
read-cache.h	…
rebase-interactive.c	…
rebase-interactive.h	…
rebase.c	…
rebase.h	…
ref-filter.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
ref-filter.h	…
reflog-walk.c	…
reflog-walk.h	…
reflog.c	odb: rename `has_object()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
reflog.h	…
refs.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
refs.h	…
refspec.c	…
refspec.h	…
remote-curl.c	curl: pass `long` values where expected	2025-06-06 08:12:24 -07:00
remote.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
remote.h	submodule: look up remotes by URL first	2025-06-23 16:38:57 -07:00
replace-object.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
replace-object.h	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
repo-settings.c	Merge branch 'ds/path-walk-2'	2025-06-17 10:44:38 -07:00
repo-settings.h	Merge branch 'ds/path-walk-2'	2025-06-17 10:44:38 -07:00
repository.c	odb: introduce parent pointers	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
repository.h	object-store: rename `raw_object_store` to `object_database`	2025-07-01 14:46:33 -07:00
rerere.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
rerere.h	…
reset.c	…
reset.h	…
resolve-undo.c	…
resolve-undo.h	…
revision.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
revision.h	…
run-command.c	…
run-command.h	…
sane-ctype.h	…
scalar.c	Merge branch 'ds/path-walk-2'	2025-06-17 10:44:38 -07:00
send-pack.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
send-pack.h	…
sequencer.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
sequencer.h	…
serve.c	…
serve.h	…
server-info.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
server-info.h	…
setup.c	…
setup.h	…
sh-i18n--envsubst.c	…
sha1dc_git.c	…
sha1dc_git.h	…
shallow.c	odb: rename `has_object()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
shallow.h	…
shared.mak	…
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.h	…
stable-qsort.c	…
statinfo.c	…
statinfo.h	…
strbuf.c	…
strbuf.h	…
streaming.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
streaming.h	…
string-list.c	…
string-list.h	…
strmap.c	…
strmap.h	…
strvec.c	…
strvec.h	…
sub-process.c	…
sub-process.h	doc: update references to renamed AsciiDoc files	2025-06-06 15:05:47 -07:00
submodule-config.c	Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-file-wo-the-repository	2025-07-09 16:29:52 -07:00
submodule-config.h	…
submodule.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
submodule.h	odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling submodule sources	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
symlinks.c	…
symlinks.h	…
tag.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
tag.h	…
tar.h	…
tempfile.c	…
tempfile.h	…
thread-utils.c	…
thread-utils.h	…
tmp-objdir.c	object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`	2025-07-16 22:16:14 -07:00
tmp-objdir.h	…
trace.c	…
trace.h	…
trace2.c	…
trace2.h	…
trailer.c	…
trailer.h	…
transport-helper.c	…
transport-internal.h	…
transport.c	…
transport.h	…
tree-diff.c	…
tree-walk.c	odb: rename `read_object_with_reference()`	2025-07-01 14:46:39 -07:00
tree-walk.h	…
tree.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
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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.adoc to get started, then see Documentation/giteveryday.adoc for a useful minimum set of commands, and Documentation/git-<commandname>.adoc 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.adoc (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