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Shawn O. Pearce 8a5a1884e9 Avoid accessing non-tag refs in git-describe unless --all is requested 
If we aren't going to use a ref there is no reason for us to open
its object from the object database.  This avoids opening any of
the head commits reachable from refs/heads/ unless they are also
reachable through the commit we have been asked to describe and
we need to walk through it to find a tag.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-02-24 10:01:24 -08:00
arm
compat Merge branch 'bc/fopen' 2008-02-20 16:13:19 -08:00
contrib git.el: Set process-environment instead of invoking env 2008-02-20 11:25:14 -08:00
Documentation Sync with 1.5.4.3 2008-02-23 11:49:34 -08:00
git-gui Sync with 1.5.4.3 2008-02-23 11:49:34 -08:00
gitk-git Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/gitk/gitk 2008-02-16 17:41:38 -08:00
gitweb gitweb: Fix bugs in git_search_grep_body: it's length(), not len() 2008-02-23 14:22:01 -08:00
mozilla-sha1
perl Don't cache DESTDIR in perl/perl.mak. 2007-12-11 00:38:46 -08:00
ppc
t send-email: fix In-Reply-To regression 2008-02-21 21:25:49 -08:00
templates git-commit: add a prepare-commit-msg hook 2008-02-06 02:26:55 -08:00
xdiff Remove unreachable statements 2007-11-15 21:23:47 -08:00
.gitattributes Define the project whitespace policy 2008-02-11 13:23:15 -08:00
.gitignore Adjust .gitignore for 5884f1(Rename 'git-help--browse.sh'...) 2008-02-09 23:27:09 -08:00
.mailmap Sync with 1.5.4.2 and start 1.5.5 Release Notes 2008-02-17 01:51:46 -08:00
alloc.c
archive-tar.c archive-tar.c: guard config parser from value=NULL 2008-02-11 13:11:36 -08:00
archive-zip.c
archive.c Move sha1_file_to_archive into libgit 2008-01-18 12:33:50 -08:00
archive.h
attr.c gitattributes: fix relative path matching 2008-02-07 00:04:50 -08:00
attr.h
base85.c
blob.c
blob.h
builtin-add.c git-add: adjust to the get_pathspec() changes. 2008-02-05 00:44:10 -08:00
builtin-annotate.c
builtin-apply.c Merge branch 'sp/safecrlf' 2008-02-16 17:59:20 -08:00
builtin-archive.c Move sha1_file_to_archive into libgit 2008-01-18 12:33:50 -08:00
builtin-blame.c Merge branch 'jc/setup' 2008-02-20 16:13:16 -08:00
builtin-branch.c Add color.ui variable which globally enables colorization if set 2008-02-18 00:00:38 -08:00
builtin-bundle.c bundle create: keep symbolic refs' names instead of resolving them 2007-11-22 15:15:25 -08:00
builtin-cat-file.c
builtin-check-attr.c
builtin-check-ref-format.c
builtin-checkout-index.c Improve use of lockfile API 2008-01-16 15:35:35 -08:00
builtin-clean.c git-clean: handle errors if removing files fails 2008-02-20 20:21:39 -08:00
builtin-commit-tree.c Re-fix "builtin-commit: fix --signoff" 2007-12-09 00:55:55 -08:00
builtin-commit.c Add color.ui variable which globally enables colorization if set 2008-02-18 00:00:38 -08:00
builtin-config.c Merge branch 'jk/noetcconfig' 2008-02-16 17:56:51 -08:00
builtin-count-objects.c
builtin-describe.c Avoid accessing non-tag refs in git-describe unless --all is requested 2008-02-24 10:01:24 -08:00
builtin-diff-files.c add a "basic" diff config callback 2008-01-04 16:05:23 -08:00
builtin-diff-index.c add a "basic" diff config callback 2008-01-04 16:05:23 -08:00
builtin-diff-tree.c add a "basic" diff config callback 2008-01-04 16:05:23 -08:00
builtin-diff.c Add color.ui variable which globally enables colorization if set 2008-02-18 00:00:38 -08:00
builtin-fast-export.c check return code of prepare_revision_walk 2008-02-17 23:51:12 -08:00
builtin-fetch--tool.c Error out when user doesn't have access permission to the repository 2007-11-30 13:10:11 -08:00
builtin-fetch-pack.c Reduce the number of connects when fetching 2008-02-05 00:40:18 -08:00
builtin-fetch.c Reduce the number of connects when fetching 2008-02-05 00:40:18 -08:00
builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c check return code of prepare_revision_walk 2008-02-17 23:51:12 -08:00
builtin-for-each-ref.c for-each-ref: Fix quoting style constants. 2007-12-06 07:53:20 -08:00
builtin-fsck.c Merge branch 'lt/in-core-index' 2008-02-11 16:46:20 -08:00
builtin-gc.c builtin-gc.c: guard config parser from value=NULL 2008-02-11 13:11:36 -08:00
builtin-grep.c Teach git-grep --name-only as synonym for -l 2008-02-20 20:36:20 -08:00
builtin-http-fetch.c http-push and http-fetch: handle URLs without trailing / 2008-01-20 15:18:34 -08:00
builtin-init-db.c Fix misuse of prefix_path() 2008-02-05 01:44:10 -08:00
builtin-log.c Merge branch 'mk/color' 2008-02-20 16:13:56 -08:00
builtin-ls-files.c Merge branch 'jc/setup' 2008-02-20 16:13:16 -08:00
builtin-ls-remote.c Reduce the number of connects when fetching 2008-02-05 00:40:18 -08:00
builtin-ls-tree.c
builtin-mailinfo.c mailinfo: feed only one line to handle_filter() for QP input 2008-02-15 22:16:34 -08:00
builtin-mailsplit.c Merge branch 'maint' 2007-11-09 00:21:44 -08:00
builtin-merge-base.c
builtin-merge-file.c
builtin-merge-ours.c git-merge-ours: make it a builtin. 2007-11-22 14:21:59 -08:00
builtin-mv.c builtin-mv: minimum fix to avoid losing files 2008-02-05 00:44:10 -08:00
builtin-name-rev.c git-name-rev: add a --(no-)undefined option. 2007-12-26 15:59:31 -08:00
builtin-pack-objects.c check return code of prepare_revision_walk 2008-02-17 23:51:12 -08:00
builtin-pack-refs.c Improve use of lockfile API 2008-01-16 15:35:35 -08:00
builtin-prune-packed.c
builtin-prune.c Make git prune remove temporary packs that look like write failures 2008-02-11 12:22:58 -08:00
builtin-push.c push: indicate partialness of error message 2008-02-19 20:44:47 -08:00
builtin-read-tree.c Name hash fixups: export (and rename) remove_hash_entry 2008-02-22 21:24:47 -08:00
builtin-reflog.c builtin-reflog.c: guard config parser from value=NULL 2008-02-11 13:11:36 -08:00
builtin-rerere.c Make on-disk index representation separate from in-core one 2008-01-21 12:44:31 -08:00
builtin-reset.c Improve use of lockfile API 2008-01-16 15:35:35 -08:00
builtin-rev-list.c Merge branch 'lt/revision-walker' 2008-02-20 16:13:24 -08:00
builtin-rev-parse.c git-rev-parse --symbolic-full-name 2008-01-06 18:41:43 -08:00
builtin-revert.c Make error messages from cherry-pick/revert more sensible 2008-02-05 00:39:19 -08:00
builtin-rm.c Improve use of lockfile API 2008-01-16 15:35:35 -08:00
builtin-send-pack.c Update callers of check_ref_format() 2008-01-02 11:20:09 -08:00
builtin-shortlog.c check return code of prepare_revision_walk 2008-02-17 23:51:12 -08:00
builtin-show-branch.c builtin-show-branch.c: guard config parser from value=NULL 2008-02-11 13:11:36 -08:00
builtin-show-ref.c deref_tag: handle return value NULL 2008-02-17 23:46:55 -08:00
builtin-stripspace.c
builtin-symbolic-ref.c
builtin-tag.c builtin-tag.c: remove cruft 2008-02-22 07:02:40 -08:00
builtin-tar-tree.c
builtin-unpack-objects.c
builtin-update-index.c Make on-disk index representation separate from in-core one 2008-01-21 12:44:31 -08:00
builtin-update-ref.c
builtin-upload-archive.c
builtin-verify-pack.c
builtin-verify-tag.c
builtin-write-tree.c Make error messages from cherry-pick/revert more sensible 2008-02-05 00:39:19 -08:00
builtin.h Make error messages from cherry-pick/revert more sensible 2008-02-05 00:39:19 -08:00
bundle.c check return code of prepare_revision_walk 2008-02-17 23:51:12 -08:00
bundle.h
cache-tree.c Merge branch 'jc/error-message-in-cherry-pick' 2008-02-11 16:46:27 -08:00
cache-tree.h Make error messages from cherry-pick/revert more sensible 2008-02-05 00:39:19 -08:00
cache.h Use helper function for copying index entry information 2008-02-22 21:24:47 -08:00
check-builtins.sh
check-racy.c ce_match_stat, run_diff_files: use symbolic constants for readability 2007-11-10 00:24:51 -08:00
color.c Add color.ui variable which globally enables colorization if set 2008-02-18 00:00:38 -08:00
color.h Add color.ui variable which globally enables colorization if set 2008-02-18 00:00:38 -08:00
combine-diff.c Fix rewrite_diff() name quoting. 2007-12-26 17:13:36 -08:00
command-list.txt Officially deprecate repo-config. 2008-01-17 22:52:40 -08:00
commit.c check return value from parse_commit() in various functions 2008-02-18 20:49:13 -08:00
commit.h add -i: Fix running from a subdirectory 2007-11-25 10:23:13 -08:00
config.c git_config_*: don't assume we are parsing a config file 2008-02-20 20:21:43 -08:00
config.mak.in autoconf: define NO_SYS_SELECT_H on systems without <sys/select.h>. 2008-01-25 22:26:08 -08:00
configure.ac autoconf: define NO_SYS_SELECT_H on systems without <sys/select.h>. 2008-01-25 22:26:08 -08:00
connect.c Merge branch 'db/no-separate-ls-remote-connection' (early part) 2008-02-11 16:47:07 -08:00
convert.c Merge branch 'sp/safecrlf' 2008-02-16 17:59:20 -08:00
copy.c
COPYING
csum-file.c remove dead code from the csum-file interface 2007-11-05 12:55:33 -08:00
csum-file.h remove dead code from the csum-file interface 2007-11-05 12:55:33 -08:00
ctype.c
daemon.c Style: place opening brace of a function definition at column 1 2007-11-08 15:35:32 -08:00
date.c
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta.h
diff-delta.c fix style of a few comments in diff-delta.c 2007-12-18 15:22:28 -08:00
diff-lib.c Also use unpack_trees() in do_diff_cache() 2008-01-21 13:09:07 -08:00
diff.c diff: fix java funcname pattern for solaris 2008-02-20 20:21:43 -08:00
diff.h Add color.ui variable which globally enables colorization if set 2008-02-18 00:00:38 -08:00
diffcore-break.c rename: Break filepairs with different types. 2007-12-02 02:24:46 -08:00
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c Fix a pathological case in git detecting proper renames 2007-11-30 15:49:17 -08:00
diffcore.h
dir.c Merge branch 'jc/gitignore-ends-with-slash' 2008-02-16 17:57:06 -08:00
dir.h gitignore: lazily find dtype 2008-02-05 00:46:49 -08:00
dump-cache-tree.c
entry.c Make on-disk index representation separate from in-core one 2008-01-21 12:44:31 -08:00
environment.c Merge branch 'sp/safecrlf' 2008-02-16 17:59:20 -08:00
exec_cmd.c Trace and quote with argv: get rid of unneeded count argument. 2007-12-03 22:11:53 -08:00
exec_cmd.h
fast-import.c Finish current packfile during fast-import crash handler 2008-02-16 00:47:07 -08:00
fetch-pack.h Reduce the number of connects when fetching 2008-02-05 00:40:18 -08:00
fixup-builtins
generate-cmdlist.sh Consolidate command list to one. 2007-12-01 23:48:28 -08:00
git-add--interactive.perl add--interactive: handle initial commit better 2008-02-16 01:02:44 -08:00
git-am.sh git-am: fix type in its usage string 2008-02-03 16:01:27 -08:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh bisect view: check for MinGW32 and MacOSX in addition to X11 2008-02-17 19:27:40 -08:00
git-checkout.sh Be more verbose when checkout takes a long time 2008-02-24 10:01:13 -08:00
git-clone.sh git-clone.sh: properly configure remote even if remote's head is dangling 2008-02-20 11:31:17 -08:00
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'bc/fopen' 2008-02-20 16:13:19 -08:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl Merge branch 'js/maint-cvsexport' 2008-02-20 16:13:52 -08:00
git-cvsimport.perl cvsimport: have default merge regex also match beginning of commit message 2008-02-13 14:22:54 -08:00
git-cvsserver.perl cvsserver: Fix for histories with multiple roots 2008-01-26 17:58:18 -08:00
git-filter-branch.sh filter-branch: handle filenames that need quoting 2008-02-15 23:57:26 -08:00
git-instaweb.sh instaweb: use 'git-web--browse' to launch browser. 2008-02-05 01:01:49 -08:00
git-lost-found.sh Merge branch 'ph/parseopt-sh' 2007-11-17 21:39:37 -08:00
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh Support a merge with conflicting gitlink change 2007-12-11 00:40:56 -08:00
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-merge-stupid.sh
git-merge.sh Merge branch 'ph/parseopt-sh' 2007-11-17 21:39:37 -08:00
git-mergetool.sh Allow git-mergetool to handle paths with a leading space 2008-01-07 21:00:54 -08:00
git-parse-remote.sh
git-pull.sh pull: pass --strategy along to to rebase 2008-02-22 21:44:46 -08:00
git-quiltimport.sh Replace instances of export VAR=VAL with VAR=VAL; export VAR 2007-11-28 17:23:18 -08:00
git-rebase--interactive.sh rebase -i: accept -m as advertised in the man page 2008-02-11 12:18:53 -08:00
git-rebase.sh Merge branch 'maint' 2007-11-28 17:06:57 -08:00
git-relink.perl git-relink: avoid hard linking in objects/info directory 2008-01-30 00:01:27 -08:00
git-remote.perl Make git-remote.perl "use strict" compliant 2008-02-06 13:50:21 -08:00
git-repack.sh Migrate git-repack.sh to use git-rev-parse --parseopt 2007-11-05 22:48:13 -08:00
git-request-pull.sh Merge branch 'ph/parseopt-sh' 2007-11-17 21:39:37 -08:00
git-send-email.perl send-email: fix In-Reply-To regression 2008-02-21 21:25:49 -08:00
git-sh-setup.sh Simplify setup of $GIT_DIR in git-sh-setup.sh 2008-02-18 21:53:44 -08:00
git-stash.sh git-stash clear: refuse to work with extra parameter for now 2008-01-06 18:41:36 -08:00
git-submodule.sh git-submodule: fix subcommand parser 2008-01-20 20:57:42 -08:00
git-svn.perl Add `git svn blame' command 2008-02-11 13:23:14 -08:00
GIT-VERSION-GEN Sync with 1.5.4.3 2008-02-23 11:49:34 -08:00
git-web--browse.sh Merge branch 'cc/browser' 2008-02-16 17:57:47 -08:00
git.c git.c: guard config parser from value=NULL 2008-02-11 13:11:37 -08:00
git.spec.in Rename git-core rpm to just git and rename the meta-pacakge to git-all. 2008-02-19 22:17:22 -08:00
grep.c
grep.h
hash-object.c git-hash-object should honor config variables 2007-11-11 02:51:53 -08:00
hash.c hash: fix lookup_hash semantics 2008-02-22 13:39:20 -08:00
hash.h
help.c help.c: use 'git_config_string' to get 'help_default_format'. 2008-02-17 20:54:01 -08:00
http-push.c Merge branch 'js/maint-http-push' 2008-02-20 16:13:32 -08:00
http-walker.c Move fetch_ref from http-push.c and http-walker.c to http.c 2007-12-14 21:31:59 -08:00
http.c http.c: guard config parser from value=NULL 2008-02-11 13:11:37 -08:00
http.h Clarify that http-push being temporarily disabled with older cURL 2008-01-22 00:48:29 -08:00
ident.c Fix grammar nits in documentation and in code comments. 2008-01-03 09:15:17 -08:00
imap-send.c imap-send.c: guard config parser from value=NULL 2008-02-11 13:14:25 -08:00
index-pack.c Merge branch 'np/progress' 2007-11-14 14:04:19 -08:00
INSTALL INSTALL: git-merge no longer uses cpio 2008-02-05 23:31:17 -08:00
interpolate.c
interpolate.h
list-objects.c list-objects.c::process_tree/blob: check for NULL 2008-02-18 19:25:26 -08:00
list-objects.h
lockfile.c close_lock_file(): new function in the lockfile API 2008-01-16 15:35:03 -08:00
log-tree.c Add "--show-all" revision walker flag for debugging 2008-02-13 15:59:26 -08:00
log-tree.h
mailmap.c mailmap: fix bogus for() loop that happened to be safe by accident 2007-12-08 03:40:12 -08:00
mailmap.h
Makefile Merge branch 'maint' 2008-02-24 10:01:19 -08:00
match-trees.c
merge-file.c xdl_diff: identify call sites. 2007-12-13 23:04:26 -08:00
merge-index.c git-merge-index documentation: clarify synopsis 2008-02-22 07:02:40 -08:00
merge-recursive.c deref_tag: handle return value NULL 2008-02-17 23:46:55 -08:00
merge-tree.c xdl_diff: identify call sites. 2007-12-13 23:04:26 -08:00
mktag.c
mktree.c
object-refs.c
object.c parse_object_buffer: don't ignore errors from the object specific parsing functions 2008-02-03 16:04:57 -08:00
object.h
pack-check.c
pack-redundant.c
pack-write.c
pack.h
pager.c sending errors to stdout under $PAGER 2008-02-17 12:47:01 -08:00
parse-options.c parse-options: catch likely typo in presense of aggregated options. 2008-01-26 10:53:31 -08:00
parse-options.h parse-options: Allow to hide options from the default usage. 2007-11-22 22:11:28 -08:00
patch-delta.c
patch-id.c
patch-ids.c Make the diff_options bitfields be an unsigned with explicit masks. 2007-11-11 16:54:15 -08:00
patch-ids.h
path-list.c
path-list.h
path.c
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h
pretty.c Avoid a useless prefix lookup in strbuf_expand() 2008-02-09 23:57:08 -08:00
progress.c Flush progress message buffer in display(). 2007-11-20 13:16:15 -08:00
progress.h nicer display of thin pack completion 2007-11-08 15:43:41 -08:00
quote.c Fix rewrite_diff() name quoting. 2007-12-26 17:13:36 -08:00
quote.h Fix rewrite_diff() name quoting. 2007-12-26 17:13:36 -08:00
reachable.c Merge branch 'mk/maint-parse-careful' 2008-02-18 20:56:01 -08:00
reachable.h
read-cache.c Name hash fixups: export (and rename) remove_hash_entry 2008-02-22 21:24:47 -08:00
README
receive-pack.c receive-pack: reject invalid refnames 2008-01-04 15:59:43 -08:00
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
refs.c Optimize peel_ref for the current ref of a for_each_ref callback 2008-02-24 10:01:24 -08:00
refs.h lock_any_ref_for_update(): reject wildcard return from check_ref_format 2008-01-02 02:28:54 -08:00
RelNotes GIT 1.5.4.3 2008-02-23 11:31:04 -08:00
remote.c Validate nicknames of remote branches to prohibit confusing ones 2008-02-15 14:23:22 -08:00
remote.h Add remote.<name>.proxy 2007-12-03 23:43:07 -08:00
revision.c Merge branch 'lt/revision-walker' 2008-02-20 16:13:24 -08:00
revision.h Add "--show-all" revision walker flag for debugging 2008-02-13 15:59:26 -08:00
run-command.c run-command: Support sending stderr to /dev/null 2007-11-11 17:09:55 -08:00
run-command.h run-command: Support sending stderr to /dev/null 2007-11-11 17:09:55 -08:00
send-pack.h Teach send-pack a mirror mode 2007-11-09 21:14:10 -08:00
server-info.c Don't access line[-1] for a zero-length "line" from fgets. 2008-01-04 12:28:58 -08:00
setup.c prefix_path: use is_absolute_path() instead of *orig == '/' 2008-02-20 20:21:43 -08:00
sha1_file.c Merge branch 'jk/empty-tree' 2008-02-20 16:13:28 -08:00
sha1_name.c Merge branch 'mk/maint-parse-careful' 2008-02-18 20:56:01 -08:00
shallow.c Merge branch 'mk/maint-parse-careful' 2008-02-18 20:56:01 -08:00
shell.c
show-index.c
sideband.c recv_sideband: Do not use ANSI escape sequence on dumb terminals. 2008-01-09 12:23:59 -08:00
sideband.h
strbuf.c Avoid a useless prefix lookup in strbuf_expand() 2008-02-09 23:57:08 -08:00
strbuf.h Avoid a useless prefix lookup in strbuf_expand() 2008-02-09 23:57:08 -08:00
symlinks.c
tag.c deref_tag: handle tag->tagged = NULL 2008-02-17 23:49:33 -08:00
tag.h
tar.h
test-absolute-path.c
test-chmtime.c
test-date.c
test-delta.c
test-genrandom.c
test-match-trees.c
test-parse-options.c parse-options: catch likely typo in presense of aggregated options. 2008-01-26 10:53:31 -08:00
test-sha1.c
test-sha1.sh the use of 'tr' in the test suite isn't really portable 2007-12-17 20:49:18 -08:00
trace.c Trace and quote with argv: get rid of unneeded count argument. 2007-12-03 22:11:53 -08:00
transport.c Merge branch 'db/no-separate-ls-remote-connection' (early part) 2008-02-11 16:47:07 -08:00
transport.h Merge branch 'aw/mirror-push' into jk/send-pack 2007-11-14 03:13:30 -08:00
tree-diff.c Fix small memory leaks induced by diff_tree_setup_paths 2007-12-12 10:59:22 -08:00
tree-walk.c tree-walk: don't parse incorrect entries 2008-01-06 18:41:44 -08:00
tree-walk.h rename: Break filepairs with different types. 2007-12-02 02:24:46 -08:00
tree.c Make on-disk index representation separate from in-core one 2008-01-21 12:44:31 -08:00
tree.h
unpack-file.c
unpack-trees.c Be more verbose when checkout takes a long time 2008-02-24 10:01:13 -08:00
unpack-trees.h Make run_diff_index() use unpack_trees(), not read_tree() 2008-01-21 13:05:27 -08:00
update-server-info.c
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'mk/maint-parse-careful' 2008-02-18 20:56:01 -08:00
usage.c print warning/error/fatal messages in one shot 2007-11-09 22:25:36 -08:00
utf8.c utf8_width(): allow non NUL-terminated input 2008-01-06 20:53:46 -08:00
utf8.h utf8_width(): allow non NUL-terminated input 2008-01-06 20:53:46 -08:00
var.c Re-fix "builtin-commit: fix --signoff" 2007-12-09 00:55:55 -08:00
walker.c Clarify error response from 'git fetch' for bad responses 2007-12-17 20:49:18 -08:00
walker.h
write_or_die.c
ws.c whitespace: more accurate initial-indent highlighting 2007-12-16 13:07:58 -08:00
wt-status.c Add color.ui variable which globally enables colorization if set 2008-02-18 00:00:38 -08:00
wt-status.h git-commit: squelch needless message during an empty merge 2007-12-12 20:50:33 -08:00
xdiff-interface.c Re(-re)*fix trim_common_tail() 2007-12-20 20:54:23 -08:00
xdiff-interface.h xdl_diff: identify call sites. 2007-12-13 23:04:26 -08:00

README 

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

	GIT - the stupid content tracker

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

"git" can mean anything, 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

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.
It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.

Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
See Documentation/tutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands,
and "man git-commandname" for documentation of each command.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/cvs-migration.txt.

Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git.or.cz/
including full documentation and Git related tools.

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. 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.

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.