
The test 'pack-objects to file can use bitmap' added in 645c432d61 (pack-objects: use reachability bitmap index when generating non-stdout pack, 2016-09-10) is silently buggy and doesn't check what it's supposed to. In 't5310-pack-bitmaps.sh', the 'list_packed_objects' helper function does what its name implies by running: git show-index <"$1" | cut -d' ' -f2 The test in question invokes this function like this: list_packed_objects <packa-$packasha1.idx >packa.objects && list_packed_objects <packb-$packbsha1.idx >packb.objects && test_cmp packa.objects packb.objects Note how these two callsites don't specify the name of the pack index file as the function's parameter, but redirect the function's standard input from it. This triggers an error message from the shell, as it has no filename to redirect from in the function, but this error is ignored, because it happens upstream of a pipe. Consequently, both invocations produce empty 'pack{a,b}.objects' files, and the subsequent 'test_cmp' happily finds those two empty files identical. Fix these two 'list_packed_objects' invocations by specifying the pack index files as parameters. Furthermore, eliminate the pipe in that function by replacing it with an &&-chained pair of commands using an intermediate file, so a failure of 'git show-index' or the shell redirection will fail the test. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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-.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>
.
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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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