doc lint: make "lint-docs" non-.PHONY

Speed up the "lint-docs" target by making it non-.PHONY. Similar to my
c234e8a0ecf (Makefile: make the "sparse" target non-.PHONY,
2021-09-23). We'll now create empty files corresponding to a
dependency graph for each of these lint scripts.

This speeds things up a bit[1], and makes the output correspond to any
in-tree changes we have:

    $ touch git-add.txt; make lint-docs; make lint-docs
        GEN cmd-list.made
        GEN doc.dep
        LINT GITLINK git-add.txt
        LINT MAN END git-add.txt
        LINT MAN SEC git-add.txt
    make: Nothing to be done for 'lint-docs'.

As with the "sparse" target changes this has a hard dependency on the
use of ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" in the Makefile, added here in
db10fc6c09f (doc: simplify Makefile using .DELETE_ON_ERROR,
2021-05-21). This method also depends on the output for us emitting
any errors on STDERR (fixed in a preceding commit), as well us these
scripts exiting with non-zero on any errors (which they were already
doing).

1.
$ git show HEAD~:Documentation/Makefile >Makefile.old
$ hyperfine --warmup 2 -L f ",.old" 'make -j1 -f Makefile{f} lint-docs'
Benchmark #1: make -j1 -f Makefile lint-docs
  Time (mean ± σ):      60.8 ms ±   1.4 ms    [User: 58.7 ms, System: 2.5 ms]
  Range (min … max):    58.9 ms …  64.0 ms    48 runs

Benchmark #2: make -j1 -f Makefile.old lint-docs
  Time (mean ± σ):      84.0 ms ±   1.5 ms    [User: 78.6 ms, System: 5.7 ms]
  Range (min … max):    81.8 ms …  87.8 ms    35 runs

Summary
  'make -j1 -f Makefile lint-docs' ran
    1.38 ± 0.04 times faster than 'make -j1 -f Makefile.old lint-docs'

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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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.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>.

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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