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With a54e938e5b (strbuf: support long paths w/o read rights in strbuf_getcwd() on FreeBSD, 2017-03-26) we had t0001 break on systems like OpenBSD and AIX whose getcwd(3) has standard (but not like glibc et al) behavior. This was partially fixed in bed67874e2 (t0001: skip test with restrictive permissions if getpwd(3) respects them, 2017-08-07). The problem with that fix is that while its analysis of the problem is correct, it doesn't actually call getcwd(3), instead it invokes "pwd -P". There is no guarantee that "pwd -P" is going to call getcwd(3), as opposed to e.g. being a shell built-in. On AIX under both bash and ksh this test breaks because "pwd -P" will happily display the current working directory, but getcwd(3) called by the "git init" we're testing here will fail to get it. I checked whether clobbering the $PWD environment variable would affect it, and it didn't. Presumably these shells keep track of their working directory internally. There's possible follow-up work here in teaching strbuf_getcwd() to get the working directory with whatever method "pwd" uses on these platforms. See [1] for a discussion of that, but let's take the easy way out here and just skip these tests by fixing the GETCWD_IGNORES_PERMS prerequisite to match the limitations of strbuf_getcwd(). 1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/b650bef5-d739-d98d-e9f1-fa292b6ce982@web.de/ Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@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-<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>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
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 https://lore.kernel.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
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