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When repacking during the 'incremental-repack' task, we use the
--batch-size option in 'git multi-pack-index repack'. The initial setting
used --batch-size=0 to repack everything into a single pack-file. This is
not sustainable for a large repository. The amount of work required is
also likely to use too many system resources for a background job.

Update the 'incremental-repack' task by dynamically computing a
--batch-size option based on the current pack-file structure.

The dynamic default size is computed with this idea in mind for a client
repository that was cloned from a very large remote: there is likely one
"big" pack-file that was created at clone time. Thus, do not try
repacking it as it is likely packed efficiently by the server.

Instead, we select the second-largest pack-file, and create a batch size
that is one larger than that pack-file. If there are three or more
pack-files, then this guarantees that at least two will be combined into
a new pack-file.

Of course, this means that the second-largest pack-file size is likely
to grow over time and may eventually surpass the initially-cloned
pack-file. Recall that the pack-file batch is selected in a greedy
manner: the packs are considered from oldest to newest and are selected
if they have size smaller than the batch size until the total selected
size is larger than the batch size. Thus, that oldest "clone" pack will
be first to repack after the new data creates a pack larger than that.

We also want to place some limits on how large these pack-files become,
in order to bound the amount of time spent repacking. A maximum
batch-size of two gigabytes means that large repositories will never be
packed into a single pack-file using this job, but also that repack is
rather expensive. This is a trade-off that is valuable to have if the
maintenance is being run automatically or in the background. Users who
truly want to optimize for space and performance (and are willing to pay
the upfront cost of a full repack) can use the 'gc' task to do so.

Create a test for this two gigabyte limit by creating an EXPENSIVE test
that generates two pack-files of roughly 2.5 gigabytes in size, then
performs an incremental repack. Check that the --batch-size argument in
the subcommand uses the hard-coded maximum.

Helped-by: Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Son Luong Ngoc <sluongng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-09-25 10:53:05 -07:00
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ci Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-3' 2020-08-11 18:04:11 -07:00
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contrib Merge branch 'pd/mergetool-nvimdiff' 2020-08-17 17:02:43 -07:00
Documentation maintenance: add incremental-repack task 2020-09-25 10:53:04 -07:00
ewah
git-gui Merge https://github.com/prati0100/git-gui into master 2020-07-20 12:04:06 -07:00
gitk-git
gitweb
mergetools mergetools: add support for nvimdiff (neovim) family 2020-07-29 14:44:49 -07:00
negotiator
perl git-send-email: die if sendmail.* config is set 2020-07-23 18:00:34 -07:00
po Merge branch 'master' of github.com:Softcatala/git-po 2020-07-27 00:05:41 +08:00
ppc
refs refs: move the logic to add \t to reflog to the files backend 2020-07-31 10:21:51 -07:00
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583
sha1dc
sha256
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templates
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.gitmodules
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.travis.yml
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abspath.c
aclocal.m4
add-interactive.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
add-interactive.h
add-patch.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
advice.c
advice.h
alias.c
alias.h
alloc.c commit: move members graph_pos, generation to a slab 2020-06-17 14:37:30 -07:00
alloc.h object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
apply.c Merge branch 'rp/apply-cached-with-i-t-a' 2020-08-17 17:02:46 -07:00
apply.h
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c
archive.h
attr.c
attr.h
banned.h
base85.c
bisect.c Merge branch 'al/bisect-first-parent' 2020-08-17 17:02:45 -07:00
bisect.h bisect: combine args passed to find_bisection() 2020-08-07 15:13:03 -07:00
blame.c commit: move members graph_pos, generation to a slab 2020-06-17 14:37:30 -07:00
blame.h
blob.c object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
blob.h
bloom.c Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph-bloom-updates' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:31 -07:00
bloom.h Merge branch 'ds/line-log-on-bloom' 2020-06-08 18:06:26 -07:00
branch.c Merge branch 'es/get-worktrees-unsort' 2020-07-06 22:09:15 -07:00
branch.h
bugreport.c Merge branch 'rs/retire-strbuf-write-fd' 2020-06-29 14:17:26 -07:00
builtin.h maintenance: create basic maintenance runner 2020-09-17 11:30:04 -07:00
bulk-checkin.c
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-3' 2020-08-11 18:04:11 -07:00
bundle.h Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-3' 2020-08-11 18:04:11 -07:00
cache-tree.c
cache-tree.h
cache.h Merge branch 'jk/reject-newer-extensions-in-v0' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:32 -07:00
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
check_bindir
check-builtins.sh
checkout.c
checkout.h
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
color.c
color.h
column.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
column.h
combine-diff.c
command-list.txt maintenance: create basic maintenance runner 2020-09-17 11:30:04 -07:00
commit-graph.c maintenance: add commit-graph task 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
commit-graph.h maintenance: add commit-graph task 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
commit-reach.c Merge branch 'cb/is-descendant-of' 2020-07-06 22:09:16 -07:00
commit-reach.h commit-reach: avoid is_descendant_of() shim 2020-06-23 16:36:53 -07:00
commit-slab-decl.h Merge branch 'sg/commit-graph-cleanups' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:30 -07:00
commit-slab-impl.h commit-slab: add a function to deep free entries on the slab 2020-06-08 12:28:49 -07:00
commit-slab.h commit-slab: add a function to deep free entries on the slab 2020-06-08 12:28:49 -07:00
commit.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
commit.h commit: move members graph_pos, generation to a slab 2020-06-17 14:37:30 -07:00
common-main.c
config.c config: work around gcc-10 -Wstringop-overflow warning 2020-08-04 09:31:01 -07:00
config.h
config.mak.dev repository: enable SHA-256 support by default 2020-07-30 09:16:49 -07:00
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname Merge branch 'cb/no-more-gmtime' 2020-05-20 08:33:27 -07:00
configure.ac
connect.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
connect.h Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-2' 2020-07-06 22:09:13 -07:00
connected.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
connected.h
convert.c
convert.h
copy.c
COPYING
credential-cache--daemon.c
credential-cache.c
credential-store.c
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
date.c
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta-islands.c
delta-islands.h
delta.h
detect-compiler
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c diff-files --raw: show correct post-image of intent-to-add files 2020-07-01 16:15:43 -07:00
diff-no-index.c
diff.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
diff.h diff.h: drop diff_tree_oid() & friends' return value 2020-06-08 12:28:49 -07:00
diffcore-break.c
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c
diffcore.h
dir-iterator.c
dir-iterator.h
dir.c Merge branch 'en/fill-directory-exponential' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:36 -07:00
dir.h
editor.c
entry.c Merge branch 'mt/entry-fstat-fallback-fix' into master 2020-07-09 14:00:45 -07:00
environment.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
exec-cmd.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
exec-cmd.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
fast-import.c strvec: convert more callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-pack.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
fetch-pack.h fetch-pack: support more than one pack lockfile 2020-06-10 18:06:34 -07:00
fmt-merge-msg.c fmt-merge-msg: allow merge destination to be omitted again 2020-07-30 12:43:10 -07:00
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c Merge branch 'rs/fsck-duplicate-names-in-trees' 2020-06-08 18:06:29 -07:00
fsck.h
fsmonitor.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
fsmonitor.h
fuzz-commit-graph.c fuzz-commit-graph: properly free graph struct 2020-06-08 10:02:29 -07:00
fuzz-pack-headers.c
fuzz-pack-idx.c
generate-cmdlist.sh
generate-configlist.sh
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl checkout -p: handle new files correctly 2020-05-27 14:50:20 -07:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh Merge branch 'al/bisect-first-parent' 2020-08-17 17:02:45 -07:00
git-compat-util.h compat-util: type-check parameters of no-op replacement functions 2020-08-06 17:25:37 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl git-cvsexportcommit: support Perl before 5.10.1 2020-08-05 17:32:39 -07:00
git-cvsimport.perl git-cvsimport: port to SHA-256 2020-06-22 11:21:07 -07:00
git-cvsserver.perl git-cvsserver: port to SHA-256 2020-06-22 11:21:07 -07:00
git-difftool--helper.sh
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh mergetools: add support for nvimdiff (neovim) family 2020-07-29 14:44:49 -07:00
git-mergetool.sh
git-p4.py Merge branch 'bk/p4-prepare-p4-only-fix' 2020-06-02 13:35:01 -07:00
git-parse-remote.sh
git-quiltimport.sh
git-rebase--preserve-merges.sh
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl git-send-email: die if sendmail.* config is set 2020-07-23 18:00:34 -07:00
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh
git-submodule.sh submodule: port subcommand 'set-branch' from shell to C 2020-06-02 10:51:54 -07:00
git-svn.perl git-svn: set the OID length based on hash algorithm 2020-06-22 11:21:07 -07:00
GIT-VERSION-GEN Git 2.28 2020-07-26 18:01:43 -07:00
git-web--browse.sh
git.c maintenance: create basic maintenance runner 2020-09-17 11:30:04 -07:00
git.rc
gpg-interface.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
gpg-interface.h
graph.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
graph.h
grep.c comment: fix spelling mistakes inside comments 2020-07-29 11:39:40 -07:00
grep.h
hash.h
hashmap.c
hashmap.h hashmap: fix typo in usage docs 2020-07-28 14:28:15 -07:00
help.c help: drop usage of 'common' and 'useful' for guides 2020-08-04 18:34:01 -07:00
help.h help: drop usage of 'common' and 'useful' for guides 2020-08-04 18:34:01 -07:00
hex.c
http-backend.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
http-fetch.c http-fetch: set up git directory before parsing pack hashes 2020-07-30 09:16:48 -07:00
http-push.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
http-walker.c http: refactor finish_http_pack_request() 2020-06-10 18:06:34 -07:00
http.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
http.h Merge branch 'jt/cdn-offload' 2020-06-25 12:27:47 -07:00
ident.c
imap-send.c strvec: convert more callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
INSTALL
interdiff.c
interdiff.h
iterator.h
json-writer.c
json-writer.h
khash.h
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
LGPL-2.1
line-log.c strvec: convert more callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
linear-assignment.c
linear-assignment.h
list-objects-filter-options.c Merge branch 'tb/upload-pack-filters' 2020-08-11 18:04:13 -07:00
list-objects-filter-options.h list_objects_filter_options: introduce 'list_object_filter_config_name' 2020-08-03 18:03:24 -07:00
list-objects-filter.c
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c
list-objects.h
list.h
ll-merge.c
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c
log-tree.h
ls-refs.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
ls-refs.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
mailinfo.c
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
Makefile strvec: rename files from argv-array to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
match-trees.c
mem-pool.c
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'en/eol-attrs-gotchas' 2020-08-10 10:24:02 -07:00
merge-recursive.h merge-recursive: fix unclear and outright wrong comments 2020-08-02 11:03:57 -07:00
merge.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
midx.c midx: use start_delayed_progress() 2020-09-25 10:53:04 -07:00
midx.h
name-hash.c
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c
notes-utils.h
notes.c
notes.h
object-store.h sha1-file: introduce no-lazy-fetch has_object() 2020-08-06 13:01:02 -07:00
object.c object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
object.h maintenance: add auto condition for commit-graph task 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
oid-array.c
oid-array.h
oidmap.c
oidmap.h
oidset.c
oidset.h
pack-bitmap-write.c
pack-bitmap.c
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c
pack-objects.c
pack-objects.h
pack-revindex.c
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c Merge branch 'jb/doc-packfile-name' into master 2020-07-30 21:34:32 -07:00
pack.h
packfile.c packfile: compute and use the index CRC offset 2020-05-27 10:07:07 -07:00
packfile.h
pager.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
parse-options-cb.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
parse-options.c
parse-options.h
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c
patch-ids.h
path.c
path.h
pathspec.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-2' 2020-07-06 22:09:13 -07:00
pkt-line.h Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-2' 2020-07-06 22:09:13 -07:00
preload-index.c
pretty.c
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c Merge branch 'ma/stop-progress-null-fix' 2020-08-17 17:02:48 -07:00
progress.h
promisor-remote.c
promisor-remote.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol.c config: let feature.experimental imply protocol.version=2 2020-05-21 09:31:42 -07:00
protocol.h
prune-packed.c
prune-packed.h
quote.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
quote.h quote: rename sq_dequote_to_argv_array to mention strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
range-diff.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
range-diff.h strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c read-cache: remove bogus shortcut 2020-07-16 10:42:52 -07:00
README.md
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
rebase.c
rebase.h
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
refs.c Merge branch 'hn/reftable-prep-part-2' 2020-08-17 17:02:42 -07:00
refs.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
refspec.c strvec: fix indentation in renamed calls 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
refspec.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
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remote-curl.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
remote-testsvn.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
remote.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
remote.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repo-settings.c midx: enable core.multiPackIndex by default 2020-09-25 10:53:04 -07:00
repository.c repository: enable SHA-256 support by default 2020-07-30 09:16:49 -07:00
repository.h midx: enable core.multiPackIndex by default 2020-09-25 10:53:04 -07:00
rerere.c
rerere.h
reset.c
reset.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'so/log-diff-merges-opt' 2020-08-17 17:02:50 -07:00
revision.h Merge branch 'jk/log-fp-implies-m' 2020-08-17 17:02:49 -07:00
run-command.c maintenance: replace run_auto_gc() 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
run-command.h maintenance: replace run_auto_gc() 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
send-pack.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
sequencer.h
serve.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
serve.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
server-info.c
setup.c Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-3' 2020-08-11 18:04:11 -07:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1-file.c Merge branch 'jt/has_object' 2020-08-13 14:13:39 -07:00
sha1-lookup.c
sha1-lookup.h
sha1-name.c
sha1dc_git.c hex: drop sha1_to_hex() 2019-11-13 10:09:10 +09:00
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c Merge branch 'sg/commit-graph-cleanups' into master 2020-07-30 13:20:30 -07:00
shallow.h
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c sideband: mark "remote error:" prefix for translation 2020-08-07 12:01:57 -07:00
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
split-index.c
split-index.h
stable-qsort.c
strbuf.c Merge branch 'rs/retire-strbuf-write-fd' 2020-06-29 14:17:26 -07:00
strbuf.h Merge branch 'rs/retire-strbuf-write-fd' 2020-06-29 14:17:26 -07:00
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
strvec.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
strvec.h strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
sub-process.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c
submodule-config.h
submodule.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
submodule.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
symlinks.c
tag.c object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
tmp-objdir.h
trace2.c
trace2.h
trace.c
trace.h
trailer.c
trailer.h
transport-helper.c strvec: rename struct fields 2020-07-30 19:18:06 -07:00
transport-internal.h strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
transport.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
transport.h strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
tree-diff.c diff.h: drop diff_tree_oid() & friends' return value 2020-06-08 12:28:49 -07:00
tree-walk.c tree-walk.c: don't match submodule entries for 'submod/anything' 2020-06-08 12:28:48 -07:00
tree-walk.h
tree.c object: drop parsed_object_pool->commit_count 2020-06-17 14:37:14 -07:00
tree.h
unicode-width.h
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unpack-trees.c strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
unpack-trees.h strvec: convert remaining callers away from argv_array name 2020-07-28 15:02:18 -07:00
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'tb/upload-pack-filters' 2020-08-11 18:04:13 -07:00
upload-pack.h argv-array: rename to strvec 2020-07-28 15:02:17 -07:00
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
walker.c
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c worktree: retire special-case normalization of main worktree path 2020-07-31 19:56:11 -07:00
worktree.h worktree: drop get_worktrees() unused 'flags' argument 2020-06-22 10:31:15 -07:00
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c wrapper: add function to compare strings with different NUL termination 2020-05-27 10:07:06 -07:00
write-or-die.c
ws.c
wt-status.c Merge branch 'jk/strvec' 2020-08-10 10:23:57 -07:00
wt-status.h wt-status: show sparse checkout status as well 2020-06-18 14:12:28 -07:00
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h
zlib.c

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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.

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