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Patrick Steinhardt d87de311ff setup: stop initializing object database without repository
The function `setup_git_directory_gently()` is responsible for
discovering and setting up a Git repository based on various environment
variables and the current working directory. The result is thus a fully
usable Git repository.

One oddity of this function is that we may set up the object database
even in the case where we don't have a repository, namely in the case
where the `GIT_DIR_EXPLICIT` environment variable is set but points to a
non-existent repository. If so, we call `setup_git_env_internal()` with
the value of the environment variable so that the repository's Git
directory is configured, even if it points to a non-existent directory.

Historically though, this function didn't only configure the repository,
but also initialized the object database. We retained this behaviour
from a preceding commit, even though it really doesn't make much sense
in the first place -- there is no repository, so we don't have an object
database either. There seemingly isn't much of a reason to construct the
object database, as we typically won't try to read objects when we don't
have an object database.

There's one exception though: git-index-pack(1) may run outside of a
repository, which can be used to perform consistency checks for a
packfile. The code path is _almost_ working: we already know to call
`parse_object_buffer()`, which can read objects without an object
database being available. And that works for all object types except for
commits, because `parse_commit_buffer()` calls `parse_commit_graph()`,
and that function doesn't handle the case where we don't have an object
database.

Fix this instance to check for the object database instead of checking
for the Git directory having been initialized. With this fixed, we can
now stop constructing an object database completely.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-06-05 21:49:38 +09:00
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contrib mingw: drop the build-system plumbing for nedmalloc 2026-05-09 11:19:23 +09:00
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negotiator use commit_stack instead of prio_queue in LIFO mode 2026-03-18 10:39:56 -07:00
odb odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizes 2026-05-09 11:25:31 +09:00
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refs Merge branch 'kn/refs-generic-helpers' 2026-05-21 12:06:47 +09:00
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templates Merge branch 'pt/fsmonitor-watchman-sample-fix' 2026-03-10 14:23:23 -07:00
tools Merge branch 'rs/use-strvec-pushv' 2026-04-01 10:28:19 -07:00
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.editorconfig editorconfig: fix style not applying to subdirs anymore 2026-03-11 10:30:51 -07:00
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.gitignore Merge branch 'mm/git-url-parse' 2026-05-21 12:06:48 +09:00
.gitlab-ci.yml Merge branch 'ps/ci-gitlab-prepare-for-macos-14-deprecation' 2026-03-12 10:56:04 -07:00
.gitmodules
.mailmap .mailmap: update email address for Tian Yuchen 2026-03-09 12:46:34 -07:00
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COPYING
Cargo.toml
GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in
GIT-VERSION-FILE.in
GIT-VERSION-GEN Git 2.54 2026-04-19 19:01:39 -07:00
INSTALL
LGPL-2.1
Makefile Merge branch 'mm/git-url-parse' 2026-05-21 12:06:48 +09:00
README.md
RelNotes Start preparing for 2.54.1 2026-05-21 12:42:11 +09:00
SECURITY.md
abspath.c
abspath.h
aclocal.m4
add-interactive.c add-patch: allow disabling editing of hunks 2026-03-03 15:09:36 -08:00
add-interactive.h add-patch: split out `struct interactive_options` 2026-03-03 15:09:35 -08:00
add-patch.c Merge branch 'sp/add-patch-with-fewer-the-repository' 2026-04-07 14:59:26 -07:00
add-patch.h add-patch: allow disabling editing of hunks 2026-03-03 15:09:36 -08:00
advice.c
advice.h
alias.c alias: restore support for simple dotted aliases 2026-04-25 19:22:52 +09:00
alias.h
alloc.c
alloc.h
apply.c Merge branch 'jc/whitespace-incomplete-line' 2026-04-07 14:59:26 -07:00
apply.h apply: report input location in header parsing errors 2026-03-17 11:08:24 -07:00
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_directory()` 2026-05-19 19:36:25 +09:00
archive.h
attr.c
attr.h
banned.h
base85.c
base85.h
bisect.c Merge branch 'ps/for-each-ref-in-fixes' 2026-02-27 15:11:50 -08:00
bisect.h
blame.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_work_tree()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
blame.h
blob.c
blob.h
bloom.c Merge branch 'cf/constness-fixes' 2026-03-23 09:20:29 -07:00
bloom.h
branch.c
branch.h environment: move "branch.autoSetupMerge" into `struct repo_config_values` 2026-02-26 07:22:53 -08:00
build.rs
builtin.h Merge branch 'mm/git-url-parse' 2026-05-21 12:06:48 +09:00
bundle-uri.c
bundle-uri.h
bundle.c
bundle.h
cache-tree.c Merge branch 'dl/cache-tree-fully-valid-fix' 2026-05-11 10:05:52 +09:00
cache-tree.h cache-tree: allow writing in-memory index as tree 2026-03-03 15:09:36 -08:00
cbtree.c oidtree: extend iteration to allow for arbitrary return codes 2026-03-20 13:16:22 -07:00
cbtree.h oidtree: extend iteration to allow for arbitrary return codes 2026-03-20 13:16:22 -07:00
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
checkout.c
checkout.h
chunk-format.c
chunk-format.h
color.c color: add color_parse_quietly() 2026-02-23 13:23:41 -08:00
color.h color: add color_parse_quietly() 2026-02-23 13:23:41 -08:00
column.c
column.h
combine-diff.c
command-list.txt Merge branch 'mm/git-url-parse' 2026-05-21 12:06:48 +09:00
commit-graph.c setup: stop initializing object database without repository 2026-06-05 21:49:38 +09:00
commit-graph.h
commit-reach.c commit-reach: simplify cleanup of remaining bitmaps in ahead_behind () 2026-03-19 10:45:41 -07:00
commit-reach.h
commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
commit-slab.h
commit.c Merge branch 'bc/sign-commit-with-custom-encoding' 2026-05-20 10:30:57 +09:00
commit.h Merge branch 'ps/history-split' 2026-03-24 12:31:32 -07:00
common-exit.c
common-init.c
common-init.h
common-main.c
config.c config: add a repo_config_get_uint() helper 2026-04-10 07:58:53 -07:00
config.h config: add a repo_config_get_uint() helper 2026-04-10 07:58:53 -07:00
config.mak.dev Merge branch 'ps/clang-w-glibc-2.43-and-_Generic' into maint-2.54 2026-05-21 12:23:51 +09:00
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname Merge branch 'js/mingw-no-nedmalloc' 2026-05-20 10:30:56 +09:00
configure.ac
connect.c Merge branch 'mm/git-url-parse' 2026-05-21 12:06:48 +09:00
connect.h url: move url_is_local_not_ssh to url.h 2026-05-06 09:48:26 +09:00
connected.c check_connected(): fix leak of pack-index mmap 2026-03-06 13:51:03 -08:00
connected.h
convert.c convert: add const to fix strchr() warnings 2026-04-01 22:08:50 -07:00
convert.h
copy.c
copy.h
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c index-pack, unpack-objects: increase input buffer from 4 KiB to 128 KiB 2026-04-29 21:44:03 +09:00
csum-file.h Merge branch 'ps/upload-pack-buffer-more-writes' 2026-03-24 12:31:34 -07:00
ctype.c
daemon.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `enter_repo()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
date.c
date.h
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta-islands.c
delta-islands.h
delta.h delta, packfile: use size_t for delta header sizes 2026-05-09 11:25:32 +09:00
diagnose.c
diagnose.h
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c
diff-merges.c
diff-merges.h
diff-no-index.c
diff.c diff: fix out-of-bounds reads and NULL deref in diffstat UTF-8 truncation 2026-04-20 09:30:55 -07:00
diff.h
diffcore-break.c Merge branch 'en/merge-ort-almost-wo-the-repository' 2026-03-04 10:53:02 -08:00
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c merge,diff: remove the_repository check before prefetching blobs 2026-02-21 18:34:06 -08:00
diffcore-rotate.c
diffcore.h line-log: route -L output through the standard diff pipeline 2026-03-16 21:05:42 -07:00
dir-iterator.c
dir-iterator.h
dir.c Merge branch 'cf/constness-fixes' 2026-03-23 09:20:29 -07:00
dir.h
editor.c
editor.h
entry.c
entry.h
environment.c Merge branch 'ob/core-attributesfile-in-repository' 2026-03-05 10:04:49 -08:00
environment.h setup: drop `setup_git_env()` 2026-06-05 21:49:38 +09:00
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'ps/odb-cleanup' 2026-04-08 10:19:17 -07:00
fetch-pack.h
fmt-merge-msg.c
fmt-merge-msg.h
for-each-ref.h
fsck.c fsck: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY 2026-03-23 08:33:10 -07:00
fsck.h fsck: store repository in fsck options 2026-03-23 08:33:10 -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
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-archimport.perl
git-compat-util.h index-pack, unpack-objects: increase input buffer from 4 KiB to 128 KiB 2026-04-29 21:44:03 +09:00
git-curl-compat.h http: add support for HTTP 429 rate limit retries 2026-03-17 09:14:19 -07:00
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 Merge branch 'sp/send-email-validate-charset' 2026-03-12 10:56:05 -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: handle data streams larger than 4GB 2026-05-09 11:25:31 +09:00
git-zlib.h git-zlib: handle data streams larger than 4GB 2026-05-09 11:25:31 +09:00
git.c Merge branch 'ps/setup-wo-the-repository' into ps/setup-centralize-odb-creation 2026-05-22 09:27:58 +09:00
git.rc.in
gpg-interface.c fast-import: add 'abort-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-commits=<mode>' 2026-03-26 12:42:57 -07:00
gpg-interface.h fast-import: add 'abort-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-commits=<mode>' 2026-03-26 12:42:57 -07:00
graph.c
graph.h
grep.c grep: fix --column --only-match for 2nd and later matches 2026-04-25 19:23:23 +09:00
grep.h
hash-lookup.c
hash-lookup.h
hash.c object-name: simplify computing common prefixes 2026-03-20 13:16:42 -07:00
hash.h object-name: simplify computing common prefixes 2026-03-20 13:16:42 -07:00
hashmap.c
hashmap.h
help.c Merge branch 'jh/alias-i18n-fixes' into maint-2.54 2026-05-21 12:30:11 +09:00
help.h
hex-ll.c
hex-ll.h
hex.c refs/files-backend: drop const to fix strchr() warning 2026-04-01 22:08:53 -07:00
hex.h refs/files-backend: drop const to fix strchr() warning 2026-04-01 22:08:53 -07:00
hook.c hook: allow hook.jobs=-1 to use all available CPU cores 2026-04-10 07:58:55 -07:00
hook.h hook: add hook.<event>.enabled switch 2026-04-10 07:58:54 -07:00
http-backend.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `enter_repo()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
http-fetch.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_directory_gently()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
http-push.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_directory()` 2026-05-19 19:36:25 +09:00
http-walker.c odb: rename `odb_has_object()` flags 2026-03-31 20:43:14 -07:00
http.c Merge branch 'aw/validate-proxy-url-scheme' 2026-05-21 12:06:48 +09:00
http.h http: extract http_reauth_prepare() from retry paths 2026-04-16 09:15:17 -07:00
ident.c
ident.h
imap-send.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_directory_gently()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
iterator.h
json-writer.c
json-writer.h
khash.h
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
line-log.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `prefix_path()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
line-log.h line-log: route -L output through the standard diff pipeline 2026-03-16 21:05:42 -07:00
line-range.c
line-range.h
linear-assignment.c
linear-assignment.h
list-objects-filter-options.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `upgrade_repository_format()` 2026-05-19 19:36:25 +09:00
list-objects-filter-options.h
list-objects-filter.c
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c odb: rename `odb_has_object()` flags 2026-03-31 20:43:14 -07:00
list-objects.h
list.h
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c
log-tree.h
loose.c odb: embed base source in the "files" backend 2026-03-05 11:45:15 -08:00
loose.h
ls-refs.c refs: generalize `refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes()` 2026-02-23 13:21:18 -08:00
ls-refs.h
mailinfo.c Merge branch 'vp/http-rate-limit-retries' 2026-04-01 10:28:18 -07:00
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-ll.h
merge-ort-wrappers.c
merge-ort-wrappers.h
merge-ort.c merge-ort: handle cached rename & trivial resolution interaction better 2026-04-22 16:21:05 -07:00
merge-ort.h
merge.c
merge.h
mergesort.h
meson.build Merge branch 'js/mingw-no-nedmalloc' into maint-2.54 2026-05-21 12:28:55 +09:00
meson_options.txt Enable Rust by default 2026-04-09 17:25:36 -07:00
midx-write.c MIDX: revert the default version to v1 2026-04-16 13:45:53 -07:00
midx.c Merge branch 'tb/incremental-midx-part-3.2' 2026-03-25 12:58:04 -07:00
midx.h midx: implement MIDX compaction 2026-02-24 11:16:34 -08:00
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 odb: rename `odb_has_object()` flags 2026-03-31 20:43:14 -07:00
notes.h
object-file-convert.c Merge branch 'bc/sha1-256-interop-02' 2026-03-12 10:56:02 -07:00
object-file-convert.h
object-file.c odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizes 2026-05-09 11:25:31 +09:00
object-file.h odb: use enum for `odb_write_object` flags 2026-03-31 20:43:13 -07:00
object-name.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `prefix_path()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
object-name.h object-name: turn INTERPRET_BRANCH_* constants into enum values 2026-03-18 12:52:29 -07:00
object.c Merge branch 'ps/fsck-stream-from-the-right-object-instance' 2026-03-05 10:04:49 -08:00
object.h Merge branch 'ps/receive-pack-shallow-optim' 2026-03-02 17:06:53 -08:00
odb.c odb: rename `odb_has_object()` flags 2026-03-31 20:43:14 -07:00
odb.h odb: drop unneeded headers and forward decls 2026-03-31 20:43:14 -07:00
oid-array.c
oid-array.h
oidmap.c oidmap: make entry cleanup explicit in oidmap_clear 2026-03-05 11:16:18 -08:00
oidmap.h oidmap: make entry cleanup explicit in oidmap_clear 2026-03-05 11:16:18 -08:00
oidset.c
oidset.h
oidtree.c oidtree: extend iteration to allow for arbitrary return codes 2026-03-20 13:16:22 -07:00
oidtree.h oidtree: extend iteration to allow for arbitrary return codes 2026-03-20 13:16:22 -07:00
pack-bitmap-write.c
pack-bitmap.c odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizes 2026-05-09 11:25:31 +09:00
pack-bitmap.h refs: rename `each_ref_fn` 2026-02-23 13:21:18 -08:00
pack-check.c odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizes 2026-05-09 11:25:31 +09:00
pack-mtimes.c
pack-mtimes.h
pack-objects.c
pack-objects.h
pack-refs.c
pack-refs.h
pack-revindex.c Merge branch 'tb/incremental-midx-part-3.2' 2026-03-25 12:58:04 -07:00
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c
pack.h builtin/fsck: stop using `the_repository` when checking packed objects 2026-03-23 08:33:11 -07:00
packfile.c delta, packfile: use size_t for delta header sizes 2026-05-09 11:25:32 +09:00
packfile.h odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizes 2026-05-09 11:25:31 +09:00
pager.c pager: explicitly cast away strchr() constness 2026-04-01 22:08:51 -07:00
pager.h
parallel-checkout.c
parallel-checkout.h
parse-options-cb.c
parse-options.c Merge branch 'rs/parse-options-duplicated-long-options' 2026-03-10 14:23:19 -07:00
parse-options.h
parse.c config: add a repo_config_get_uint() helper 2026-04-10 07:58:53 -07:00
parse.h config: add a repo_config_get_uint() helper 2026-04-10 07:58:53 -07:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c patch-ids: document intentional const-casting in patch_id_neq() 2026-03-09 12:45:19 -07:00
patch-ids.h
path-walk.c Merge branch 'yc/path-walk-fix-error-reporting' 2026-04-07 14:59:26 -07:00
path-walk.h
path.c backfill: work with prefix pathspecs 2026-03-26 09:38:06 -07:00
path.h backfill: work with prefix pathspecs 2026-03-26 09:38:06 -07:00
pathspec.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `prefix_path()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h pkt-line: make packet_reader.line non-const 2026-04-01 22:08:52 -07:00
preload-index.c
preload-index.h
pretty.c Merge branch 'mf/format-patch-cover-letter-format' 2026-04-03 13:01:08 -07:00
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
promisor-remote.c promisor-remote: remove the 'accepted' strvec 2026-04-07 08:45:44 -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
pseudo-merge.c pseudo-merge: fix disk reads from find_pseudo_merge() 2026-04-01 22:08:52 -07:00
pseudo-merge.h
quote.c
quote.h
range-diff.c range-diff: drop const to fix strstr() warnings 2026-04-01 22:08:53 -07:00
range-diff.h
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache-ll.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'ng/add-files-to-cache-wo-rename' 2026-04-08 10:19:18 -07:00
read-cache.h
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
rebase.c
rebase.h
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'ps/refs-for-each' 2026-03-09 14:36:55 -07:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
reflog.c odb: rename `odb_has_object()` flags 2026-03-31 20:43:14 -07:00
reflog.h
refs.c setup: drop `setup_git_env()` 2026-06-05 21:49:38 +09:00
refs.h refs: return `ref_transaction_error` from `ref_transaction_update()` 2026-05-05 16:34:07 +09:00
refspec.c refspec: fix typo in comment 2026-03-23 21:27:17 -07:00
refspec.h
remote-curl.c Merge branch 'ps/setup-wo-the-repository' into ps/setup-centralize-odb-creation 2026-05-22 09:27:58 +09:00
remote.c url: move url_is_local_not_ssh to url.h 2026-05-06 09:48:26 +09:00
remote.h
repack-cruft.c
repack-filtered.c
repack-geometry.c
repack-midx.c
repack-promisor.c Merge branch 'ps/odb-for-each-object' 2026-03-02 17:06:50 -08:00
repack.c
repack.h
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
replay.c replay: allow callers to control what happens with empty commits 2026-04-27 22:20:56 +09:00
replay.h replay: allow callers to control what happens with empty commits 2026-04-27 22:20:56 +09:00
repo-settings.c
repo-settings.h
repository.c repository: stop initializing the object database in `repo_set_gitdir()` 2026-06-05 21:49:38 +09:00
repository.h repository: stop initializing the object database in `repo_set_gitdir()` 2026-06-05 21:49:38 +09:00
rerere.c Merge branch 'jc/rerere-modern-strbuf-handling' 2026-03-27 11:00:03 -07:00
rerere.h
reset.c
reset.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `verify_non_filename()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
revision.h revision: include object-name.h 2026-03-26 09:38:06 -07:00
run-command.c Merge branch 'jk/c23-const-preserving-fixes-more' 2026-04-09 11:21:59 -07:00
run-command.h Merge branch 'bk/run-command-wo-the-repository' 2026-03-19 09:54:56 -07:00
sane-ctype.h
scalar.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_git_directory()` 2026-05-19 19:36:25 +09:00
send-pack.c pkt-line: make packet_reader.line non-const 2026-04-01 22:08:52 -07:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'ag/rebase-update-refs-limit-to-branches' 2026-05-19 09:57:46 +09:00
sequencer.h sequencer: teach autostash apply to take optional conflict marker labels 2026-04-29 21:46:03 +09:00
serve.c
serve.h
server-info.c
server-info.h
setup.c setup: stop initializing object database without repository 2026-06-05 21:49:38 +09:00
setup.h setup: deduplicate logic to apply repository format 2026-06-05 21:49:38 +09:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c shallow: fix relative deepen on non-shallow repositories 2026-05-12 09:00:16 +09:00
shallow.h Merge branch 'sp/shallow-deepen-relative-fix' 2026-03-04 10:52:59 -08:00
shared.mak
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c Merge branch 'rs/sideband-clear-line-before-print' 2026-05-19 09:57:46 +09:00
sideband.h sideband: offer to configure sanitizing on a per-URL basis 2026-03-06 13:52:28 -08:00
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
simple-ipc.h
sparse-index.c environment: stop using core.sparseCheckout globally 2026-02-26 07:22:51 -08:00
sparse-index.h
split-index.c split-index: stop using the_repository and the_hash_algo 2026-03-19 12:01:24 -07:00
split-index.h
stable-qsort.c
statinfo.c
statinfo.h
strbuf.c Merge branch 'vp/http-rate-limit-retries' 2026-04-01 10:28:18 -07:00
strbuf.h
string-list.c hook: move unsorted_string_list_remove() to string-list.[ch] 2026-03-25 14:00:45 -07:00
string-list.h hook: move unsorted_string_list_remove() to string-list.[ch] 2026-03-25 14:00:45 -07:00
strmap.c
strmap.h
strvec.c
strvec.h
sub-process.c
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c Merge branch 'sj/submodule-update-clone-config-fix' 2026-05-19 09:57:46 +09:00
submodule-config.h
submodule.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `is_inside_work_tree()` 2026-05-19 19:36:23 +09:00
submodule.h
symlinks.c symlinks: use unsigned int for flags 2026-02-20 15:03:42 -08:00
symlinks.h symlinks: use unsigned int for flags 2026-02-20 15:03:42 -08:00
tag.c
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c odb: stop including "odb/source.h" 2026-03-12 08:38:42 -07:00
tmp-objdir.h odb: move reparenting logic into respective subsystems 2026-03-05 11:45:15 -08:00
trace.c
trace.h
trace2.c
trace2.h
trailer.c Merge branch 'vp/http-rate-limit-retries' 2026-04-01 10:28:18 -07:00
trailer.h commit, tag: parse --trailer with OPT_STRVEC 2026-03-06 13:02:20 -08:00
transport-helper.c Merge branch 'jk/revert-aa-reap-transport-child-processes' into maint-2.54 2026-05-21 12:25:55 +09:00
transport-internal.h
transport.c Merge branch 'jc/neuter-sideband-fixup' 2026-05-11 13:49:05 +09:00
transport.h
tree-diff.c tree-diff: remove the usage of the_hash_algo global 2026-02-20 10:21:11 -08:00
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 environment: stop using core.sparseCheckout globally 2026-02-26 07:22:51 -08:00
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'ps/upload-pack-buffer-more-writes' 2026-03-24 12:31:34 -07:00
upload-pack.h
url.c url: return URL_SCHEME_UNKNOWN instead of dying 2026-05-06 09:48:27 +09:00
url.h url: return URL_SCHEME_UNKNOWN instead of dying 2026-05-06 09:48:27 +09:00
urlmatch.c urlmatch: define url_parse function 2026-05-06 09:48:28 +09:00
urlmatch.h urlmatch: define url_parse function 2026-05-06 09:48:28 +09:00
usage.c
userdiff.c userdiff: extend Scheme support to cover other Lisp dialects 2026-04-15 08:43:33 -07:00
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version-def.h.in
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
versioncmp.h
walker.c odb: rename `odb_has_object()` flags 2026-03-31 20:43:14 -07:00
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `upgrade_repository_format()` 2026-05-19 19:36:25 +09:00
worktree.h worktree: rename get_worktree_from_repository() 2026-05-02 07:02:45 +09:00
wrapper.c Revert "wrapper: introduce writev(3p) wrappers" 2026-04-09 14:48:09 -07:00
wrapper.h Revert "wrapper: introduce writev(3p) wrappers" 2026-04-09 14:48:09 -07:00
write-or-die.c Revert "wrapper: introduce writev(3p) wrappers" 2026-04-09 14:48:09 -07:00
write-or-die.h Revert "wrapper: introduce writev(3p) wrappers" 2026-04-09 14:48:09 -07:00
ws.c
ws.h
wt-status.c setup: stop using `the_repository` in `setup_work_tree()` 2026-05-19 19:36:24 +09:00
wt-status.h
xdiff-interface.c checkout -m: autostash when switching branches 2026-04-29 21:46:03 +09:00
xdiff-interface.h checkout -m: autostash when switching branches 2026-04-29 21:46:03 +09:00

README.md

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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