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Patrick Steinhardt ec4380f446 packfile: refactor `prepare_packed_git_one()` to work on sources
In the preceding commit we refactored how we load multi-pack indices to
take a corresponding "source" as input. As part of this refactoring we
started to store a pointer to the MIDX in `struct odb_source` itself.

Refactor loading of packfiles in the same way: instead of passing in the
object directory, we now pass in the source from which we want to load
packfiles. This allows us to simplify the code because we don't have to
search for a corresponding MIDX anymore, but we can instead directly use
the MIDX that we have already prepared beforehand.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-07-15 12:07:28 -07:00
.github Merge branch 'js/github-ci-win-coverity-fix' 2025-06-13 13:29:15 -07:00
Documentation Merge branch 'tb/midx-avoid-cruft-packs' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-15 12:06:57 -07:00
bin-wrappers
block-sha1
builtin Merge branch 'tb/midx-avoid-cruft-packs' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-15 12:06:57 -07:00
ci Merge branch 'js/ci-buildsystems-cleanup' 2025-05-13 14:05:06 -07:00
compat Merge branch 'ss/revert-builtin-bswap-stuff' 2025-06-13 13:29:14 -07:00
compiler-tricks intialize false_but_the_compiler_does_not_know_it_ 2025-05-07 09:11:47 -07:00
contrib Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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 Merge branch 'rj/build-tweaks-part2' 2025-05-27 13:59:09 -07:00
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 reftable: make REFTABLE_UNUSED C99 compatible 2025-05-29 09:18:53 -07:00
sha1
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583
sha1dc
sha256
subprojects
t Merge branch 'tb/midx-avoid-cruft-packs' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-15 12:06:57 -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 ci: update FreeBSD image to 14.3 2025-07-01 07:46:22 -07:00
.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 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: rename `has_object()` 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 `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 odb: rename `has_object()` 2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
bulk-checkin.h
bundle-uri.c Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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: rename `has_object()` 2025-07-01 14:46:38 -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: rename `has_object()` 2025-07-01 14:46:38 -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-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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 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 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 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 Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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 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 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 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 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 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 Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -07:00
http-walker.c odb: rename `has_object()` 2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
http.c Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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: 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 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 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 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: 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 Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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 midx: start tracking per object database source 2025-07-15 12:07:28 -07:00
midx.h midx: start tracking per object database source 2025-07-15 12:07:28 -07:00
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 `has_object()` 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 Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -07:00
object-name.h
object.c odb: rename `repo_read_object_file()` 2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
object.h Merge branch 'kn/bundle-dedup-optim' 2025-04-23 13:58:50 -07:00
odb.c odb: rename `read_object_with_reference()` 2025-07-01 14:46:39 -07:00
odb.h midx: start tracking per object database source 2025-07-15 12:07:28 -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 Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -07:00
pack-bitmap.c Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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 packfile: refactor `prepare_packed_git_one()` to work on sources 2025-07-15 12:07:28 -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: add new 'edge_aggressive' option 2025-05-16 12:15:40 -07:00
path-walk.h path-walk: add new 'edge_aggressive' option 2025-05-16 12:15:40 -07:00
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: add flag to indicate operation without repository 2025-05-22 14:20:11 -07:00
pathspec.h pathspec: add flag to indicate operation without repository 2025-05-22 14:20:11 -07:00
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 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 `has_object()` 2025-07-01 14:46:38 -07:00
reflog.h
refs.c Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -07:00
refs.h refs: add function to translate errors to strings 2025-05-19 11:06:31 -07:00
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-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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 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-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -07:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'ps/object-store' into ps/object-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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-store-midx 2025-07-09 08:29:08 -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.c: detect online CPU count on OpenBSD / NetBSD 2025-06-01 17:15:13 -07:00
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 `read_object_with_reference()` 2025-07-01 14:46:39 -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
tree.h
unicode-width.h
unimplemented.sh
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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