| David Greaves | 8ac866a | 2005-05-22 18:44:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
| Linus Torvalds | 6ad6d3d | 2005-04-17 21:52:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | |
| Linus Torvalds | e83c516 | 2005-04-07 15:13:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | GIT - the stupid content tracker |
| 4 | |
| David Greaves | 8ac866a | 2005-05-22 18:44:16 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
| Nicolas Pitre | 556b660 | 2007-01-17 13:04:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | |
| Linus Torvalds | e83c516 | 2005-04-07 15:13:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not |
| 10 | actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a |
| Pavel Roskin | 90c4851 | 2005-04-14 23:35:00 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant. |
| Linus Torvalds | e83c516 | 2005-04-07 15:13:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the |
| 13 | dictionary of slang. |
| 14 | - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually |
| Nicolas Pitre | 556b660 | 2007-01-17 13:04:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room. |
| Linus Torvalds | e83c516 | 2005-04-07 15:13:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks |
| 17 | |
| Nicolas Pitre | 556b660 | 2007-01-17 13:04:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an |
| 19 | unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations |
| 20 | and full access to internals. |
| Linus Torvalds | e83c516 | 2005-04-07 15:13:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | |
| Nicolas Pitre | 556b660 | 2007-01-17 13:04:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License. |
| 23 | It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of |
| 24 | hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano. |
| Linus Torvalds | 6ad6d3d | 2005-04-17 21:52:23 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | |
| Nicolas Pitre | 556b660 | 2007-01-17 13:04:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. |
| Christian Couder | aa98eb3 | 2009-02-24 21:16:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | |
| Joey Hess | 8a124b8 | 2009-01-06 23:23:37 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see |
| Christian Couder | aa98eb3 | 2009-02-24 21:16:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and |
| 30 | Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command. |
| 31 | If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be |
| 32 | read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the |
| 33 | documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help |
| 34 | commandname". |
| 35 | |
| 36 | CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt |
| 37 | ("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is |
| 38 | installed). |
| Linus Torvalds | e83c516 | 2005-04-07 15:13:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | |
| Stefan Naewe | f73b3af | 2009-10-07 14:14:24 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ |
| Nicolas Pitre | 556b660 | 2007-01-17 13:04:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | including full documentation and Git related tools. |
| Linus Torvalds | e83c516 | 2005-04-07 15:13:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | |
| Nicolas Pitre | 556b660 | 2007-01-17 13:04:39 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git |
| 44 | mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature |
| Matthieu Moy | 07f050c | 2012-02-23 13:52:06 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read |
| 46 | Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). |
| 47 | To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in |
| 48 | the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are |
| 49 | available at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival |
| 50 | sites. |
| Junio C Hamano | 620d3f4 | 2007-03-25 17:42:32 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | |
| 52 | The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in |
| 53 | git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and |
| 54 | the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good |
| 55 | reference for project status, development direction and |
| 56 | remaining tasks. |
