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Patrick Steinhardt d4ff88aee3 odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()` Rename `repo_read_object_file()` to `odb_read_object()` to match other functions related to the object database and our modern coding guidelines. Introduce a compatibility wrapper so that any in-flight topics will continue to compile. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>		2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
.github	Merge branch 'js/ci-build-win-in-release-mode'	2025-05-23 15:34:06 -07:00
Documentation	A bit more topics for -rc1	2025-05-30 11:59:18 -07:00
bin-wrappers	…
block-sha1	…
builtin	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
ci	Merge branch 'js/ci-buildsystems-cleanup'	2025-05-13 14:05:06 -07:00
compat	Merge branch 'js/windows-arm64'	2025-05-05 14:56:24 -07:00
compiler-tricks	intialize false_but_the_compiler_does_not_know_it_	2025-05-07 09:11:47 -07:00
contrib	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
ewah	…
git-gui	Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/j6t/git-gui	2025-05-29 09:03:01 -07:00
gitk-git	Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/j6t/gitk	2025-05-29 09:02:14 -07:00
gitweb	…
mergetools	…
negotiator	…
oss-fuzz	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
perl	Merge branch 'rj/build-tweaks-part2'	2025-05-27 13:59:09 -07:00
po	git-gui: wire up support for the Meson build system	2025-05-13 08:48:09 +02:00
refs	packed-backend: mmap large "packed-refs" file during fsck	2025-05-14 12:32:59 -07:00
reftable	reftable: make REFTABLE_UNUSED C99 compatible	2025-05-29 09:18:53 -07:00
sha1	…
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583	…
sha1dc	…
sha256	…
subprojects	…
t	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
templates	…
trace2	trace2: avoid "futile conditional"	2025-05-15 13:46:47 -07:00
xdiff	xdiff: disable cleanup_records heuristic with --minimal	2025-04-29 12:46:58 -07:00
.cirrus.yml	…
.clang-format	…
.editorconfig	…
.gitattributes	git-gui: wire up support for the Meson build system	2025-05-13 08:48:09 +02:00
.gitignore	git-gui: replace GIT-GUI-VARS with GIT-GUI-BUILD-OPTIONS	2025-05-13 08:27:09 +02:00
.gitlab-ci.yml	Merge branch 'ps/ci-gitlab-enable-msvc-meson-job'	2025-05-23 15:34:08 -07:00
.gitmodules	…
.mailmap	…
.tsan-suppressions	…
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md	…
COPYING	…
GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in	…
GIT-VERSION-FILE.in	…
GIT-VERSION-GEN	Git 2.50-rc0	2025-05-28 07:59:56 -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	…
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: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -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 `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
blame.h	…
blob.c	…
blob.h	…
bloom.c	…
bloom.h	…
branch.c	…
branch.h	…
builtin.h	…
bulk-checkin.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
bulk-checkin.h	…
bundle-uri.c	odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `odb_mkstemp()`	2025-07-01 14:46:35 -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	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -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 `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -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: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
commit.h	…
common-exit.c	…
common-init.c	…
common-init.h	…
common-main.c	…
config.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
config.h	…
config.mak.dev	…
config.mak.in	…
config.mak.uname	Merge branch 'js/ci-buildsystems-cleanup'	2025-05-13 14:05:06 -07:00
configure.ac	configure.ac: upgrade to a compilation check for sysinfo	2025-05-19 11:34:00 -07:00
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	object-store: move function declarations to their respective subsystems	2025-04-29 10:08:12 -07:00
convert.h	…
copy.c	…
copy.h	…
credential.c	…
credential.h	…
csum-file.c	…
csum-file.h	…
ctype.c	…
daemon.c	…
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.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	object-store: move function declarations to their respective subsystems	2025-04-29 10:08:12 -07:00
diffcore-rotate.c	…
diffcore.h	…
dir-iterator.c	…
dir-iterator.h	…
dir.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
dir.h	…
editor.c	…
editor.h	…
entry.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
entry.h	…
environment.c	Merge branch 'js/windows-arm64'	2025-05-05 14:56:24 -07:00
environment.h	…
exec-cmd.c	…
exec-cmd.h	…
fetch-negotiator.c	…
fetch-negotiator.h	…
fetch-pack.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -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	packed-backend: fsck should warn when "packed-refs" file is empty	2025-05-14 12:32:58 -07:00
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	…
generate-configlist.sh	…
generate-hooklist.sh	…
generate-perl.sh	…
generate-python.sh	…
generate-script.sh	…
gettext.c	…
gettext.h	…
git-archimport.perl	…
git-compat-util.h	midx repack: avoid integer overflow on 32 bit systems	2025-05-22 14:48:36 -07:00
git-curl-compat.h	…
git-cvsexportcommit.perl	…
git-cvsimport.perl	…
git-cvsserver.perl	cvsserver: remove unused escapeRefName function	2025-05-27 08:25:08 -07:00
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	Merge branch 'ag/send-email-hostname-f'	2025-05-23 15:34:08 -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	…
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	…
hashmap.c	Merge branch 'en/hashmap-clear-fix'	2025-05-08 12:36:31 -07:00
hashmap.h	…
help.c	Avoid redundant conditions	2025-05-15 13:46:47 -07:00
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	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
http-walker.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
http.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
http.h	…
ident.c	…
ident.h	…
imap-send.c	…
iterator.h	…
json-writer.c	json-writer: add docstrings to jw_* functions	2025-05-16 09:33:06 -07:00
json-writer.h	json-writer: describe the usage of jw_* functions	2025-05-16 09:33:07 -07:00
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	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -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	odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling alternates	2025-07-01 14:46:36 -07:00
loose.h	…
ls-refs.c	…
ls-refs.h	…
mailinfo.c	mailinfo: fix pointential memory leak if `decode_header` failed	2025-05-15 13:50:18 -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: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -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: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
merge-ort.h	merge-ort: add a new mergeability_only option	2025-05-16 15:09:14 -07:00
merge.c	…
merge.h	…
mergesort.h	…
meson.build	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
meson_options.txt	Merge branch 'rj/build-tweaks-part2'	2025-05-27 13:59:09 -07:00
midx-write.c	odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `find_odb()`	2025-07-01 14:46:35 -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: don't add sparse directories in threaded lazy init	2025-05-21 14:51:08 -07:00
name-hash.h	…
notes-cache.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -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: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
notes.h	…
object-file-convert.c	…
object-file-convert.h	…
object-file.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
object-file.h	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
object-name.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -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: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
odb.h	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
oid-array.c	…
oid-array.h	…
oidmap.c	oidmap: rename oidmap_free() to oidmap_clear()	2025-05-12 13:06:26 -07:00
oidmap.h	oidmap: add size function	2025-05-12 13:06:26 -07:00
oidset.c	…
oidset.h	…
oidtree.c	…
oidtree.h	…
pack-bitmap-write.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
pack-bitmap.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -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	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -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	odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `odb_mkstemp()`	2025-07-01 14:46:35 -07:00
pack.h	…
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	object-store: move and rename `odb_pack_keep()`	2025-04-29 10:08:12 -07:00
pathspec.c	…
pathspec.h	…
pkt-line.c	…
pkt-line.h	…
preload-index.c	…
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	object-store: move function declarations to their respective subsystems	2025-04-29 10:08:12 -07:00
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: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -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 `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
reflog.h	…
refs.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
refs.h	…
refspec.c	…
refspec.h	…
remote-curl.c	…
remote.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -07:00
remote.h	…
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	…
repo-settings.h	…
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	odb: get rid of `the_repository` in `for_each()` functions	2025-07-01 14:46:36 -07:00
revision.h	Merge branch 'lo/remove-log-reencode-from-rev-info'	2025-04-29 14:21:31 -07:00
run-command.c	…
run-command.h	…
sane-ctype.h	…
scalar.c	scalar reconfigure: improve --maintenance docs	2025-05-14 12:18:12 -07:00
send-pack.c	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -07:00
send-pack.h	…
sequencer.c	odb: rename `oid_object_info()`	2025-07-01 14:46:37 -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	object-store: rename files to "odb.{c,h}"	2025-07-01 14:46:34 -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	…
submodule-config.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -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	odb: get rid of `the_repository` when handling the primary source	2025-07-01 14:46:36 -07:00
tmp-objdir.h	…
trace.c	…
trace.h	…
trace2.c	…
trace2.h	…
trailer.c	…
trailer.h	…
transport-helper.c	Avoid redundant conditions	2025-05-15 13:46:47 -07:00
transport-internal.h	…
transport.c	…
transport.h	…
tree-diff.c	…
tree-walk.c	odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()`	2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
tree-walk.h	tree-walk.h: fix incorrect API comment	2025-05-02 12:44:04 -07:00
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