![]() Imagine running "git branch --edit-description" while on a branch without the branch description, and then exit the editor after emptying the edit buffer, which is the way to tell the command that you changed your mind and you do not want the description after all. The command should just happily oblige, adding no branch description for the current branch, and exit successfully. But it fails to do so: $ git init -b main $ git commit --allow-empty -m commit $ GIT_EDITOR=: git branch --edit-description fatal: could not unset 'branch.main.description' The end result is OK in that the configuration variable does not exist in the resulting repository, but we should do better. If we know we didn't have a description, and if we are asked not to have a description by the editor, we can just return doing nothing. This of course introduces TOCTOU. If you add a branch description to the same branch from another window, while you had the editor open to edit the description, and then exit the editor without writing anything there, we'd end up not removing the description you added in the other window. But you are fooling yourself in your own repository at that point, and if it hurts, you'd be better off not doing so ;-). Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> |
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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-<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). 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://lore.kernel.org/git/, http://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