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| GIT - the stupid content tracker |
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| "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood. |
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| - 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. |
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| See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see |
| Documentation/everyday.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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| CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt |
| ("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is |
| installed). |
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| Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ |
| including full documentation and Git related tools. |
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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 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival |
| sites. |
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| The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in |
| git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and |
| the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good |
| reference for project status, development direction and |
| remaining tasks. |
