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Johannes Schindelin ef60e9f74b ci: stop linking built-ins to the dashed versions
Since e4597aae65 (run test suite without dashed git-commands in PATH,
2009-12-02), we stopped running our tests with `git-foo` binaries found
at the top-level directory of a freshly built source tree; instead we
have placed only `git` and selected `git-foo` commands that must be on
`$PATH` in `bin-wrappers/` and prepended that `bin-wrappers/` to the
`PATH` used in the test suite. We did that to catch the tests and
scripted Git commands that still try to use the dashed form.

Since CI jobs will not install the built Git to anywhere, and the
hardlinks we make at the top-level of the source tree for `git-add` and
friends are not even used during tests, they are pure waste of resources
these days.

Thanks to the newly invented `SKIP_DASHED_BUILT_INS` knob, we can now
skip creating these links in the source tree. So let's do that.

Note that this change introduces a subtle change of behavior: when Git's
`cmd_main()` calls `setup_path()`, it inserts the value of
`GIT_EXEC_PATH` (defaulting to `<prefix>/libexec/git-core`) at the
beginning of the environment variable `PATH`. This is necessary to find
e.g. scripted commands that are installed in that location. For the
purposes of Git's test suite, the `bin-wrappers/` scripts override
`GIT_EXEC_PATH` to point to the top-level directory of the source code.

In other words, if a scripted command had used a dashed invocation of a
built-in Git command, it would not have been caught previously, which is
fixed by this change.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-09-21 15:47:54 -07:00
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editor.c config: fix leaks from git_config_get_string_const() 2020-08-14 10:52:04 -07:00
entry.c checkout_entry(): remove unreachable error() call 2020-08-18 13:26:10 -07:00
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git-instaweb.sh
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git-merge-one-file.sh
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git-p4.py
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git-svn.perl
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help.c Merge branch 'jk/leakfix' 2020-08-27 14:04:49 -07:00
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lockfile.c
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log-tree.c log_tree_diff: get rid of extra check for NULL 2020-09-06 10:33:19 -07:00
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merge-recursive.h merge-recursive: fix unclear and outright wrong comments 2020-08-02 11:03:57 -07:00
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mergesort.c
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midx.c Merge branch 'rs/misc-cleanups' 2020-09-18 17:58:00 -07:00
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notes.c
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object-store.h sha1-file: introduce no-lazy-fetch has_object() 2020-08-06 13:01:02 -07:00
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patch-delta.c
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progress.h
promisor-remote.c promisor-remote: lazy-fetch objects in subprocess 2020-08-18 16:46:53 -07:00
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protocol.c config: fix leaks from git_config_get_string_const() 2020-08-14 10:52:04 -07:00
protocol.h
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reachable.c
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remote.c Merge branch 'rs/refspec-leakfix' 2020-09-18 17:58:00 -07:00
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replace-object.c
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repo-settings.c negotiator/noop: add noop fetch negotiator 2020-08-18 13:25:05 -07:00
repository.c repository: enable SHA-256 support by default 2020-07-30 09:16:49 -07:00
repository.h negotiator/noop: add noop fetch negotiator 2020-08-18 13:25:05 -07:00
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run-command.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
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sha1-lookup.c
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sha1dc_git.c
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sideband.h
sigchain.c
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submodule-config.c fetch: avoid reading submodule config until needed 2020-08-18 13:25:05 -07:00
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utf8.c
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version.c
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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