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Patrick Steinhardt ed060aa0a3 Makefile: simplify building of templates When we install Git we also install a set of default templates that both git-init(1) and git-clone(1) populate into our build directories. The way the pristine templates are laid out in our source directory is somewhat weird though: instead of reconstructing the actual directory hierarchy in "templates/", we represent directory separators with "--". The only reason I could come up with for why we have this is the "branches/" directory, which is supposed to be empty when installing it. And as Git famously doesn't store empty directories at all we have to work around this limitation. Now the thing is that the "branches/" directory is a leftover to how branches used to be stored in the dark ages. gitrepository-layout(5) lists this directory as "slightly deprecated", which I would claim is a strong understatement. I have never encountered anybody using it today and would be surprised if it even works as expected. So having the "--" hack in place for an item that is basically unused, unmaintained and deprecated doesn't only feel unreasonable, but installing that entry by default may also cause confusion for users that do not know what this is supposed to be in the first place. Remove this directory from our templates and, now that we do not require the workaround anymore, restructure the templates to form a proper hierarchy. This makes it way easier for build systems to install these templates into place. We should likely think about removing support for "branch/" altogether, but that is outside of the scope of this patch series. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>		2024-12-07 07:52:12 +09:00
.github	ci: create script to set up Git for Windows SDK	2024-10-09 11:33:04 -07:00
Documentation	Makefile: allow "bin-wrappers/" directory to exist	2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
bin-wrappers	Makefile: write absolute program path into bin-wrappers	2024-12-07 07:52:12 +09:00
block-sha1	…
builtin	Merge branch 'kn/pass-repo-to-builtin-sub-sub-commands'	2024-12-04 10:14:47 +09:00
ci	Makefile: refactor GIT-VERSION-GEN to be reusable	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
compat	Merge branch 'ak/typofixes' into maint-2.47	2024-11-25 12:29:48 +09:00
contrib	Makefile: simplify building of templates	2024-12-07 07:52:12 +09:00
ewah	…
git-gui	Merge https://github.com/j6t/git-gui	2024-11-11 12:47:44 +09:00
gitk-git	…
gitweb	Makefile: extract script to generate gitweb.js	2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
mergetools	Merge branch 'ak/typofix-2.46-maint'	2024-10-04 14:21:40 -07:00
negotiator	…
oss-fuzz	…
perl	Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
po	Merge branch 'l10n-de-2.47' of github.com:ralfth/git	2024-10-06 12:06:21 +08:00
refs	Merge branch 'sj/refs-symref-referent-fix'	2024-12-06 13:23:16 +09:00
reftable	reftable: rename scratch buffer	2024-11-26 08:39:38 +09:00
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sha1collisiondetection@855827c583	…
sha1dc	…
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t	Makefile: use common template for GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
templates	Makefile: simplify building of templates	2024-12-07 07:52:12 +09:00
trace2	Merge branch 'ak/typofix-2.46-maint'	2024-10-04 14:21:40 -07:00
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.clang-format	clang-format: align consecutive macro definitions	2024-10-18 17:37:16 -04:00
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.gitattributes	…
.gitignore	Makefile: allow "bin-wrappers/" directory to exist	2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
.gitlab-ci.yml	gitlab-ci: exercise Git on Windows	2024-10-09 11:33:05 -07:00
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CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md	…
COPYING	…
GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS.in	Makefile: extract script to massage Shell scripts	2024-12-07 07:52:10 +09:00
GIT-VERSION-FILE.in	Makefile: refactor GIT-VERSION-GEN to be reusable	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
GIT-VERSION-GEN	Makefile: generate doc versions via GIT-VERSION-GEN	2024-12-07 07:52:09 +09:00
INSTALL	Require Perl 5.26.0	2024-10-23 16:16:36 -04:00
LGPL-2.1	…
Makefile	Makefile: write absolute program path into bin-wrappers	2024-12-07 07:52:12 +09:00
README.md	…
RelNotes	Prepare for 2.47.1	2024-11-20 14:43:30 +09:00
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	…
apply.h	…
archive-tar.c	…
archive-zip.c	…
archive.c	Merge branch 'rs/archive-with-attr-pathspec-fix'	2024-10-04 14:21:40 -07:00
archive.h	…
attr.c	…
attr.h	…
banned.h	…
base85.c	…
base85.h	…
bisect.c	bisect: address Coverity warning about potential double free	2024-11-26 10:22:24 +09:00
bisect.h	bisect: fix leaking good/bad terms when reading multipe times	2024-11-21 08:23:40 +09:00
blame.c	builtin/blame: fix leaking blame entries with `--incremental`	2024-11-21 08:23:40 +09:00
blame.h	builtin/blame: fix leaking blame entries with `--incremental`	2024-11-21 08:23:40 +09:00
blob.c	…
blob.h	…
bloom.c	…
bloom.h	…
branch.c	refs: allow passing flags when setting up a transaction	2024-11-21 07:59:14 +09:00
branch.h	…
builtin.h	…
bulk-checkin.c	…
bulk-checkin.h	…
bundle-uri.c	bundle-uri: plug leak in unbundle_from_file()	2024-10-10 11:47:24 -07:00
bundle-uri.h	…
bundle.c	…
bundle.h	…
cache-tree.c	Merge branch 'ps/cache-tree-w-broken-index-entry' into maint-2.47	2024-11-20 14:42:59 +09:00
cache-tree.h	cache-tree: refactor verification to return error codes	2024-10-07 15:08:11 -07:00
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	combine-diff: fix leaking lost lines	2024-11-04 22:37:55 -08:00
command-list.txt	…
commit-graph.c	…
commit-graph.h	…
commit-reach.c	…
commit-reach.h	…
commit-slab-decl.h	…
commit-slab-impl.h	…
commit-slab.h	…
commit.c	…
commit.h	…
common-main.c	…
config.c	…
config.h	…
config.mak.dev	…
config.mak.in	…
config.mak.uname	…
configure.ac	Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
connect.c	…
connect.h	…
connected.c	packfile: use object_id in find_pack_entry_one()	2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
connected.h	…
convert.c	…
convert.h	…
copy.c	…
copy.h	…
credential.c	…
credential.h	…
csum-file.c	…
csum-file.h	…
ctype.c	…
daemon.c	daemon: replace atoi() with strtoul_ui() and strtol_i()	2024-10-24 14:03:43 -04:00
date.c	…
date.h	…
decorate.c	…
decorate.h	…
delta-islands.c	…
delta-islands.h	…
delta.h	…
detect-compiler	…
diagnose.c	…
diagnose.h	…
diff-delta.c	…
diff-lib.c	Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47	2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
diff-merges.c	…
diff-merges.h	…
diff-no-index.c	…
diff.c	Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47	2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
diff.h	Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47	2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
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	dir: fix leak when parsing "status.showUntrackedFiles"	2024-11-04 22:37:56 -08:00
dir.h	…
editor.c	…
editor.h	…
entry.c	…
entry.h	…
environment.c	…
environment.h	…
exec-cmd.c	…
exec-cmd.h	…
fetch-negotiator.c	…
fetch-negotiator.h	…
fetch-pack.c	fetch-pack: die if in commit graph but not obj db	2024-11-05 18:57:22 -08:00
fetch-pack.h	…
fmt-merge-msg.c	…
fmt-merge-msg.h	…
fsck.c	…
fsck.h	ref: add symlink ref content check for files backend	2024-11-21 08:21:34 +09:00
fsmonitor--daemon.h	…
fsmonitor-ipc.c	…
fsmonitor-ipc.h	…
fsmonitor-ll.h	…
fsmonitor-path-utils.h	…
fsmonitor-settings.c	…
fsmonitor-settings.h	…
fsmonitor.c	global: Fix duplicate word typos	2024-10-21 16:05:04 -04:00
fsmonitor.h	…
generate-cmdlist.sh	Makefile: refactor generators to be PWD-independent	2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
generate-configlist.sh	Makefile: refactor generators to be PWD-independent	2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
generate-hooklist.sh	Makefile: refactor generators to be PWD-independent	2024-12-07 07:52:11 +09:00
generate-perl.sh	Makefile: use "generate-perl.sh" to massage Perl library	2024-12-07 07:52:10 +09:00
generate-python.sh	Makefile: extract script to massage Python scripts	2024-12-07 07:52:10 +09:00
generate-script.sh	Makefile: extract script to massage Shell scripts	2024-12-07 07:52:10 +09:00
gettext.c	…
gettext.h	…
git-archimport.perl	Require Perl 5.26.0	2024-10-23 16:16:36 -04:00
git-compat-util.h	git-compat-util: drop now-unused `UNLEAK()` macro	2024-11-21 08:23:46 +09:00
git-curl-compat.h	git-curl-compat: remove check for curl 7.56.0	2024-10-23 16:16:35 -04:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl	Require Perl 5.26.0	2024-10-23 16:16:36 -04:00
git-cvsimport.perl	Require Perl 5.26.0	2024-10-23 16:16:36 -04:00
git-cvsserver.perl	Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-difftool--helper.sh	…
git-filter-branch.sh	…
git-instaweb.sh	Makefile: consistently use PERL_PATH	2024-12-07 07:52:09 +09:00
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	Makefile: consistently use PERL_PATH	2024-12-07 07:52:09 +09:00
git-send-email.perl	Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-sh-i18n.sh	Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-sh-setup.sh	Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-submodule.sh	…
git-svn.perl	Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
git-web--browse.sh	…
git-zlib.c	…
git-zlib.h	…
git.c	help: fix leaking return value from `help_unknown_cmd()`	2024-11-21 08:23:44 +09:00
git.rc.in	Makefile: generate "git.rc" via GIT-VERSION-GEN	2024-12-07 07:52:09 +09:00
gpg-interface.c	…
gpg-interface.h	…
graph.c	Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47	2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
graph.h	…
grep.c	Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-part-9'	2024-11-13 08:35:31 +09:00
grep.h	…
hash-lookup.c	…
hash-lookup.h	…
hash.h	hash.h: set NEEDS_CLONE_HELPER_UNSAFE in fallback mode	2024-10-03 11:18:36 -07:00
hashmap.c	…
hashmap.h	…
help.c	help: fix leaking return value from `help_unknown_cmd()`	2024-11-21 08:23:44 +09:00
help.h	help: fix leaking return value from `help_unknown_cmd()`	2024-11-21 08:23:44 +09:00
hex-ll.c	…
hex-ll.h	…
hex.c	…
hex.h	…
hook.c	…
hook.h	…
http-backend.c	…
http-fetch.c	…
http-push.c	packfile: convert find_sha1_pack() to use object_id	2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
http-walker.c	packfile: convert find_sha1_pack() to use object_id	2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
http.c	Merge branch 'bc/drop-ancient-libcurl-and-perl'	2024-12-04 10:14:48 +09:00
http.h	…
ident.c	…
ident.h	…
imap-send.c	Merge branch 'bc/drop-ancient-libcurl-and-perl'	2024-12-04 10:14:48 +09:00
iterator.h	…
json-writer.c	…
json-writer.h	…
khash.h	…
kwset.c	…
kwset.h	…
levenshtein.c	…
levenshtein.h	…
line-log.c	line-log: fix leak when rewriting commit parents	2024-11-21 08:23:42 +09:00
line-log.h	…
line-range.c	…
line-range.h	…
linear-assignment.c	…
linear-assignment.h	…
list-objects-filter-options.c	list-objects-filter-options: work around reported leak on error	2024-11-04 22:37:57 -08:00
list-objects-filter-options.h	…
list-objects-filter.c	…
list-objects-filter.h	…
list-objects.c	…
list-objects.h	…
list.h	…
lockfile.c	…
lockfile.h	…
log-tree.c	Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47	2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
log-tree.h	rebase-update-refs: extract load_branch_decorations	2024-10-09 10:52:45 -07:00
loose.c	loose: don't rely on repository global state	2024-10-09 11:51:31 -07:00
loose.h	…
ls-refs.c	…
ls-refs.h	…
mailinfo.c	…
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: replace atoi() with strtol_i() for marker size validation	2024-10-24 14:03:44 -04:00
merge-ll.h	…
merge-ort-wrappers.c	…
merge-ort-wrappers.h	…
merge-ort.c	…
merge-ort.h	…
merge-recursive.c	…
merge-recursive.h	…
merge.c	…
merge.h	…
mergesort.h	…
midx-write.c	…
midx.c	packfile: use object_id in find_pack_entry_one()	2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
midx.h	…
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	…
notes.h	…
object-file-convert.c	…
object-file-convert.h	…
object-file.c	object-file: inline empty tree and blob literals	2024-11-18 21:48:48 +09:00
object-file.h	…
object-name.c	…
object-name.h	…
object-store-ll.h	…
object-store.h	…
object.c	…
object.h	…
oid-array.c	…
oid-array.h	…
oidmap.c	…
oidmap.h	…
oidset.c	…
oidset.h	…
oidtree.c	global: Fix duplicate word typos	2024-10-21 16:05:04 -04:00
oidtree.h	…
pack-bitmap-write.c	…
pack-bitmap.c	Merge branch 'tb/boundary-traversal-fix'	2024-12-04 10:14:44 +09:00
pack-bitmap.h	…
pack-check.c	…
pack-mtimes.c	…
pack-mtimes.h	…
pack-objects.c	…
pack-objects.h	…
pack-revindex.c	…
pack-revindex.h	…
pack-write.c	Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-part-8'	2024-10-10 14:22:29 -07:00
pack.h	…
packfile.c	packfile: use oidread() instead of hashcpy() to fill object_id	2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
packfile.h	packfile: use object_id in find_pack_entry_one()	2024-10-25 17:35:46 -04:00
pager.c	…
pager.h	…
parallel-checkout.c	…
parallel-checkout.h	…
parse-options-cb.c	…
parse-options.c	…
parse-options.h	builtin: pass repository to sub commands	2024-11-26 10:36:08 +09:00
parse.c	…
parse.h	…
patch-delta.c	…
patch-ids.c	…
patch-ids.h	…
path.c	…
path.h	…
pathspec.c	…
pathspec.h	…
pkt-line.c	…
pkt-line.h	…
preload-index.c	…
preload-index.h	…
pretty.c	pretty: clear signature check	2024-11-04 22:37:53 -08:00
pretty.h	…
prio-queue.c	…
prio-queue.h	…
progress.c	…
progress.h	…
promisor-remote.c	…
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.h	…
quote.c	…
quote.h	…
range-diff.c	Merge branch 'jk/output-prefix-cleanup' into maint-2.47	2024-11-25 12:29:39 +09:00
range-diff.h	…
reachable.c	…
reachable.h	…
read-cache-ll.h	global: Fix duplicate word typos	2024-10-21 16:05:04 -04:00
read-cache.c	Merge branch 'ps/cache-tree-w-broken-index-entry' into maint-2.47	2024-11-20 14:42:59 +09:00
read-cache.h	…
rebase-interactive.c	…
rebase-interactive.h	…
rebase.c	…
rebase.h	…
ref-filter.c	ref-filter: format iteratively with lexicographic refname sorting	2024-10-21 16:46:03 -04:00
ref-filter.h	…
reflog-walk.c	…
reflog-walk.h	…
reflog.c	reflog: rename unreachable	2024-11-18 09:42:08 +09:00
reflog.h	…
refs.c	Merge branch 'sj/ref-contents-check'	2024-12-04 10:14:42 +09:00
refs.h	Merge branch 'sj/ref-contents-check'	2024-12-04 10:14:42 +09:00
refspec.c	refspec: store raw refspecs inside refspec_item	2024-11-12 18:16:48 +09:00
refspec.h	refspec: store raw refspecs inside refspec_item	2024-11-12 18:16:48 +09:00
remote-curl.c	…
remote.c	Merge branch 'xx/remote-server-option-config'	2024-10-15 16:56:43 -04:00
remote.h	Merge branch 'xx/remote-server-option-config'	2024-10-15 16:56:43 -04:00
replace-object.c	…
replace-object.h	…
repo-settings.c	…
repo-settings.h	…
repository.c	…
repository.h	…
rerere.c	…
rerere.h	…
reset.c	…
reset.h	…
resolve-undo.c	…
resolve-undo.h	…
revision.c	bisect: fix leaking good/bad terms when reading multipe times	2024-11-21 08:23:40 +09:00
revision.h	…
run-command.c	…
run-command.h	…
sane-ctype.h	…
scalar.c	Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-part-8'	2024-10-10 14:22:29 -07:00
send-pack.c	…
send-pack.h	…
sequencer.c	Merge branch 'kh/sequencer-comment-char'	2024-12-06 13:23:18 +09:00
sequencer.h	…
serve.c	…
serve.h	…
server-info.c	…
server-info.h	…
setup.c	worktree: link worktrees with relative paths	2024-10-08 11:49:22 -07:00
setup.h	…
sh-i18n--envsubst.c	…
sha1dc_git.c	…
sha1dc_git.h	…
shallow.c	…
shallow.h	…
shared.mak	…
shell.c	…
shortlog.h	…
sideband.c	…
sideband.h	…
sigchain.c	…
sigchain.h	…
simple-ipc.h	simple-ipc: split async server initialization and running	2024-10-08 12:03:56 -07:00
sparse-index.c	sparse-index: correctly free EWAH contents	2024-11-04 22:37:56 -08:00
sparse-index.h	…
split-index.c	split-index: fix memory leak in `move_cache_to_base_index()`	2024-11-21 08:23:43 +09:00
split-index.h	…
stable-qsort.c	…
statinfo.c	…
statinfo.h	…
strbuf.c	…
strbuf.h	…
streaming.c	…
streaming.h	…
string-list.c	…
string-list.h	…
strmap.c	…
strmap.h	…
strvec.c	strvec: introduce new `strvec_splice()` function	2024-11-21 08:23:42 +09:00
strvec.h	strvec: introduce new `strvec_splice()` function	2024-11-21 08:23:42 +09:00
sub-process.c	…
sub-process.h	…
submodule-config.c	…
submodule-config.h	…
submodule.c	refspec: store raw refspecs inside refspec_item	2024-11-12 18:16:48 +09:00
submodule.h	…
symlinks.c	…
symlinks.h	…
tag.c	…
tag.h	…
tar.h	…
tempfile.c	…
tempfile.h	…
thread-utils.c	…
thread-utils.h	…
tmp-objdir.c	Merge branch 'tb/weak-sha1-for-tail-sum'	2024-10-02 07:46:27 -07:00
tmp-objdir.h	…
trace.c	…
trace.h	…
trace2.c	…
trace2.h	…
trailer.c	Merge branch 'la/trailer-info'	2024-11-20 14:47:17 +09:00
trailer.h	trailer: spread usage of "trailer_block" language	2024-10-14 12:33:02 -04:00
transport-helper.c	transport-helper: fix leaking import/export marks	2024-11-04 22:37:54 -08:00
transport-internal.h	…
transport.c	transport.c:🤝 make use of server options from remote	2024-10-08 10:22:08 -07:00
transport.h	transport: introduce parse_transport_option() method	2024-10-08 10:22:06 -07:00
tree-diff.c	…
tree-walk.c	…
tree-walk.h	…
tree.c	…
tree.h	…
unicode-width.h	…
unimplemented.sh	Makefile: consistently use @PLACEHOLDER@ to substitute	2024-12-07 07:52:08 +09:00
unix-socket.c	…
unix-socket.h	…
unix-stream-server.c	…
unix-stream-server.h	…
unpack-trees.c	unpack-trees: detect mismatching number of cache-tree/index entries	2024-10-07 15:08:11 -07:00
unpack-trees.h	…
upload-pack.c	Merge branch 'en/shallow-exclude-takes-a-ref-fix'	2024-11-13 08:35:32 +09:00
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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.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 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