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Glen Choo b90d9f7632 fetch: fetch unpopulated, changed submodules
"git fetch --recurse-submodules" only considers populated
submodules (i.e. submodules that can be found by iterating the index),
which makes "git fetch" behave differently based on which commit is
checked out. As a result, even if the user has initialized all submodules
correctly, they may not fetch the necessary submodule commits, and
commands like "git checkout --recurse-submodules" might fail.

Teach "git fetch" to fetch cloned, changed submodules regardless of
whether they are populated. This is in addition to the current behavior
of fetching populated submodules (which is always attempted regardless
of what was fetched in the superproject, or even if nothing was fetched
in the superproject).

A submodule may be encountered multiple times (via the list of
populated submodules or via the list of changed submodules). When this
happens, "git fetch" only reads the 'populated copy' and ignores the
'changed copy'. Amend the verify_fetch_result() test helper so that we
can assert on which 'copy' is being read.

Signed-off-by: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2022-03-16 16:08:59 -07:00
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block-sha1 block-sha1: drop trailing semicolon from macro definition 2021-03-17 10:20:01 -07:00
builtin fetch: fetch unpopulated, changed submodules 2022-03-16 16:08:59 -07:00
ci compat: auto-detect if zlib has uncompress2() 2022-01-26 09:05:55 -08:00
compat Merge branch 'ab/auto-detect-zlib-compress2' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
contrib Merge branch 'ab/complete-show-all-commands' 2022-02-17 16:25:06 -08:00
Documentation fetch: fetch unpopulated, changed submodules 2022-03-16 16:08:59 -07:00
ewah
git-gui
gitk-git
gitweb
mergetools
negotiator use CALLOC_ARRAY 2021-03-13 16:00:09 -08:00
perl perl Git.pm: don't ignore signalled failure in _cmd_close() 2022-02-01 15:21:19 -08:00
po l10n: Update Catalan translation 2022-01-23 09:40:52 +01:00
ppc
refs Merge branch 'ps/avoid-unnecessary-hook-invocation-with-packed-refs' 2022-02-18 13:53:27 -08:00
reftable Merge branch 'ab/auto-detect-zlib-compress2' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583
sha1dc
sha256
t fetch: fetch unpopulated, changed submodules 2022-03-16 16:08:59 -07:00
templates
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xdiff Merge branch 'pw/xdiff-classify-record-in-histogram' 2021-12-21 15:03:14 -08:00
.cirrus.yml
.clang-format
.editorconfig
.gitattributes
.gitignore hook: add 'run' subcommand 2022-01-07 15:19:34 -08:00
.gitmodules
.mailmap mailmap: change primary address for Derrick Stolee 2022-02-14 13:27:31 -08:00
.tsan-suppressions
abspath.c
aclocal.m4
add-interactive.c
add-interactive.h
add-patch.c Merge branch 'pw/add-p-hunk-split-fix' 2022-02-09 14:20:59 -08:00
advice.c branch: add --recurse-submodules option for branch creation 2022-02-04 08:16:39 -08:00
advice.h branch: add --recurse-submodules option for branch creation 2022-02-04 08:16:39 -08:00
alias.c
alias.h
alloc.c
alloc.h
apply.c Merge branch 'en/remerge-diff' 2022-02-16 15:14:29 -08:00
apply.h Merge branch 'rs/apply-symlinks-use-strset' 2022-02-05 09:42:30 -08:00
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c i18n: factorize "--foo requires --bar" and the like 2022-01-05 13:31:00 -08:00
archive.h archive: expand only a single %(describe) per archive 2021-03-11 13:22:44 -08:00
attr.c
attr.h
banned.h
base85.c
bisect.c
bisect.h
blame.c git-rev-list: add --exclude-first-parent-only flag 2022-01-12 11:08:42 -08:00
blame.h
blob.c
blob.h
bloom.c
bloom.h
branch.c Merge branch 'gc/branch-recurse-submodules' 2022-02-18 13:53:29 -08:00
branch.h branch: add --recurse-submodules option for branch creation 2022-02-04 08:16:39 -08:00
builtin.h hook: add 'run' subcommand 2022-01-07 15:19:34 -08:00
bulk-checkin.c
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c
bundle.h
cache-tree.c
cache-tree.h
cache.h Merge branch 'ab/auto-detect-zlib-compress2' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
cbtree.c
cbtree.h
chdir-notify.c add chdir-notify API 2018-03-30 12:49:57 -07:00
chdir-notify.h
check-builtins.sh
checkout.c
checkout.h *.[ch]: manually align parameter lists 2019-05-05 15:20:10 +09:00
chunk-format.c csum-file.h: increase hashfile buffer size 2021-05-19 16:41:21 +09:00
chunk-format.h
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
color.c
color.h
column.c
column.h
combine-diff.c
command-list.txt hook: add 'run' subcommand 2022-01-07 15:19:34 -08:00
commit-graph.c
commit-graph.h
commit-reach.c
commit-reach.h
commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
commit-slab.h
commit.c Merge branch 'ab/config-based-hooks-2' 2022-02-09 14:21:00 -08:00
commit.h receive-pack.c: consolidate find header logic 2022-01-06 13:17:20 -08:00
common-main.c Merge branch 'en/keep-cwd' 2022-01-05 14:01:28 -08:00
config.c Merge branch 'jt/conditional-config-on-remote-url' 2022-02-09 14:20:59 -08:00
config.h config: include file if remote URL matches a glob 2022-01-18 13:55:53 -08:00
config.mak.dev Makefile: FreeBSD cannot do C99-or-below build 2022-01-18 12:16:23 -08:00
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname Merge branch 'ab/auto-detect-zlib-compress2' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
configure.ac compat: auto-detect if zlib has uncompress2() 2022-01-26 09:05:55 -08:00
connect.c ls-remote & transport API: release "struct transport_ls_refs_options" 2022-02-06 18:02:34 -08:00
connect.h
connected.c
connected.h
convert.c
convert.h
copy.c
COPYING
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c Merge branch 'rs/daemon-plug-leak' 2022-01-05 14:01:31 -08:00
date.c
decorate.c
decorate.h *.[ch]: remove extern from function declarations using spatch 2019-05-05 15:20:06 +09:00
delta-islands.c
delta-islands.h
delta.h
detect-compiler
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c Merge branch 'dd/diff-files-unmerged-fix' 2021-09-08 13:30:31 -07:00
diff-merges.c diff-merges: avoid history simplifications when diffing merges 2022-02-02 10:02:28 -08:00
diff-merges.h
diff-no-index.c
diff.c Merge branch 'js/diff-filter-negation-fix' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
diff.h Merge branch 'js/diff-filter-negation-fix' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
diffcore-break.c diff: restrict when prefetching occurs 2020-04-07 16:09:29 -07:00
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c
diffcore-rotate.c
diffcore.h
dir-iterator.c
dir-iterator.h
dir.c Merge branch 'ds/sparse-checkout-malformed-pattern-fix' 2022-01-10 11:52:49 -08:00
dir.h
editor.c
entry.c
entry.h
environment.c Merge branch 'ns/tmp-objdir' 2022-01-03 16:24:15 -08:00
environment.h
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fetch-negotiator.c repo-settings: rename the traditional default fetch.negotiationAlgorithm 2022-02-02 09:36:17 -08:00
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'ps/fetch-optim-with-commit-graph' 2022-02-23 16:58:03 -08:00
fetch-pack.h fetch: teach independent negotiation (no packfile) 2021-05-05 10:41:29 +09:00
fmt-merge-msg.c Merge branch 'fs/ssh-signing-key-lifetime' 2022-01-12 15:11:41 -08:00
fmt-merge-msg.h merge: allow to pretend a merge is made into a different branch 2021-12-20 14:55:02 -08:00
fsck.c
fsck.h
fsmonitor.c
fsmonitor.h
fuzz-commit-graph.c
fuzz-pack-headers.c
fuzz-pack-idx.c
generate-cmdlist.sh
generate-configlist.sh
generate-hooklist.sh hook-list.h: add a generated list of hooks, like config-list.h 2021-09-27 09:44:54 -07:00
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'ab/auto-detect-zlib-compress2' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
git-curl-compat.h http: check CURLE_SSL_PINNEDPUBKEYNOTMATCH when emitting errors 2021-09-27 10:58:07 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl
git-difftool--helper.sh
git-filter-branch.sh git-sh-setup: remove "sane_grep", it's not needed anymore 2021-10-21 16:17:57 -07:00
git-instaweb.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh
git-mergetool.sh
git-p4.py Merge branch 'ab/config-based-hooks-2' 2022-02-09 14:21:00 -08:00
git-quiltimport.sh
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl send-email: use 'git hook run' for 'sendemail-validate' 2022-01-07 15:19:35 -08:00
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh git-sh-setup: remove remnant bits referring to git-legacy-stash 2022-01-27 18:00:09 -08:00
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl
GIT-VERSION-GEN Git 2.35.1 2022-01-28 16:48:42 -08:00
git-web--browse.sh
git.c Merge branch 'ab/config-based-hooks-2' 2022-02-09 14:21:00 -08:00
git.rc mingw: embed a manifest to trick UAC into Doing The Right Thing 2019-06-27 12:55:45 -07:00
gpg-interface.c gpg-interface: trim CR from ssh-keygen 2022-01-07 13:42:49 -08:00
gpg-interface.h
graph.c log: fix memory leak if --graph is passed multiple times 2022-02-11 10:06:40 -08:00
graph.h log: fix memory leak if --graph is passed multiple times 2022-02-11 10:06:40 -08:00
grep.c Merge branch 'rs/grep-expr-cleanup' 2022-02-05 09:42:30 -08:00
grep.h log: let --invert-grep only invert --grep 2021-12-17 14:13:08 -08:00
hash-lookup.c
hash-lookup.h
hash.h
hashmap.c
hashmap.h
help.c help: make auto-correction prompt more consistent 2021-12-16 13:49:39 -08:00
help.h
hex.c
hook.c hooks: convert worktree 'post-checkout' hook to hook library 2022-01-07 15:19:34 -08:00
hook.h hooks: convert worktree 'post-checkout' hook to hook library 2022-01-07 15:19:34 -08:00
http-backend.c Merge branch 'ab/usage-die-message' 2022-01-10 11:52:53 -08:00
http-fetch.c i18n: factorize "--foo requires --bar" and the like 2022-01-05 13:31:00 -08:00
http-push.c
http-walker.c http: rename CURLOPT_FILE to CURLOPT_WRITEDATA 2021-07-30 16:01:54 -07:00
http.c
http.h
ident.c
imap-send.c
INSTALL
iterator.h refs: introduce an iterator interface 2016-06-20 11:38:20 -07:00
json-writer.c
json-writer.h
khash.h
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
LGPL-2.1
line-log.c
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h line-range.c: remove implicit dependency on the_index 2018-09-21 09:51:18 -07:00
linear-assignment.c
linear-assignment.h
list-objects-filter-options.c
list-objects-filter-options.h
list-objects-filter.c
list-objects-filter.h list-objects: support filtering by tag and commit 2021-04-12 09:35:50 -07:00
list-objects.c
list-objects.h
list.h
ll-merge.c ll-merge: make callers responsible for showing warnings 2022-02-02 10:02:27 -08:00
ll-merge.h ll-merge: make callers responsible for showing warnings 2022-02-02 10:02:27 -08:00
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c show, log: include conflict/warning messages in --remerge-diff headers 2022-02-02 10:02:28 -08:00
log-tree.h
ls-refs.c
ls-refs.h
mailinfo.c
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
Makefile Merge branch 'ab/auto-detect-zlib-compress2' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
match-trees.c
mem-pool.c mem-pool: don't assume uintmax_t is aligned enough for all types 2022-01-24 10:26:40 -08:00
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c ll-merge: make callers responsible for showing warnings 2022-02-02 10:02:27 -08:00
merge-blobs.h
merge-ort-wrappers.c
merge-ort-wrappers.h
merge-ort.c Merge branch 'en/remerge-diff' 2022-02-16 15:14:29 -08:00
merge-ort.h show, log: include conflict/warning messages in --remerge-diff headers 2022-02-02 10:02:28 -08:00
merge-recursive.c merge-ort: format messages slightly different for use in headers 2022-02-02 10:02:27 -08:00
merge-recursive.h merge-ort: format messages slightly different for use in headers 2022-02-02 10:02:27 -08:00
merge.c
mergesort.c mergesort: avoid left shift overflow 2021-11-18 12:42:06 -08:00
mergesort.h
midx.c Merge branch 'tb/midx-no-bitmap-for-no-objects' 2022-02-18 13:53:30 -08:00
midx.h midx: read RIDX chunk when present 2022-01-27 12:07:53 -08:00
name-hash.c
notes-cache.c notes-cache.c: remove the_repository references 2018-11-12 14:50:06 +09:00
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c ll-merge: make callers responsible for showing warnings 2022-02-02 10:02:27 -08:00
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c
notes-utils.h notes-utils.c: remove the_repository references 2019-01-14 12:13:04 -08:00
notes.c
notes.h
object-file.c Merge branch 'ns/tmp-objdir' 2022-01-03 16:24:15 -08:00
object-name.c cat-file: use GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE in --(textconv|filters) 2021-12-30 13:05:29 -08:00
object-store.h Merge branch 'ns/tmp-objdir' 2022-01-03 16:24:15 -08:00
object.c Merge branch 'ns/tmp-objdir' 2022-01-03 16:24:15 -08:00
object.h
oid-array.c
oid-array.h
oidmap.c hashmap: provide deallocation function names 2020-11-02 12:15:50 -08:00
oidmap.h
oidset.c
oidset.h
oidtree.c
oidtree.h
pack-bitmap-write.c
pack-bitmap.c pack-bitmap.c: gracefully fallback after opening pack/MIDX 2022-01-27 12:07:53 -08:00
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c
pack-objects.c
pack-objects.h pack-objects: move static inline from a header to the sole consumer 2021-05-27 12:14:41 +09:00
pack-revindex.c midx: read RIDX chunk when present 2022-01-27 12:07:53 -08:00
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c Merge branch 'tb/pack-finalize-ordering' 2021-09-20 15:20:42 -07:00
pack.h
packfile.c Merge branch 'jt/pack-header-lshift-overflow' 2022-01-12 15:11:41 -08:00
packfile.h
pager.c
parallel-checkout.c
parallel-checkout.h
parse-options-cb.c branch: add flags and config to inherit tracking 2021-12-20 22:40:21 -08:00
parse-options.c Merge branch 'ab/cat-file' 2022-02-05 09:42:31 -08:00
parse-options.h Merge branch 'rs/parse-options-lithelp-help' 2022-02-11 16:55:58 -08:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c use CALLOC_ARRAY 2021-03-13 16:00:09 -08:00
patch-ids.h
path.c
path.h
pathspec.c
pathspec.h pathspec: use BUG(...) not die("BUG:%s:%d....", <file>, <line>) 2021-12-07 12:31:17 -08:00
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h
preload-index.c
pretty.c
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c use CALLOC_ARRAY 2021-03-13 16:00:09 -08:00
progress.h progress.c: silence cgcc suggestion about internal linkage 2020-04-27 11:21:28 -07:00
promisor-remote.c
promisor-remote.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol-caps.c
protocol-caps.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
prune-packed.c
prune-packed.h
quote.c
quote.h
range-diff.c i18n: refactor "foo and bar are mutually exclusive" 2022-01-05 13:29:23 -08:00
range-diff.h Merge branch 'js/range-diff-one-side-only' 2021-02-17 17:21:41 -08:00
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'vd/sparse-clean-etc' 2022-02-17 16:25:05 -08:00
README.md Merge branch 'po/readme-mention-contributor-hints' 2022-02-09 14:20:59 -08:00
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
rebase.c
rebase.h
ref-filter.c i18n: ref-filter: factorize "%(foo) atom used without %(bar) atom" 2022-01-05 13:31:00 -08:00
ref-filter.h for-each-ref: delay parsing of --sort=<atom> options 2021-10-20 14:33:07 -07:00
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h *.[ch]: manually align parameter lists 2019-05-05 15:20:10 +09:00
refs.c Merge branch 'ps/avoid-unnecessary-hook-invocation-with-packed-refs' 2022-02-18 13:53:27 -08:00
refs.h Merge branch 'ps/avoid-unnecessary-hook-invocation-with-packed-refs' 2022-02-18 13:53:27 -08:00
refspec.c
refspec.h
RelNotes Name the next one 2.36 to prepare for 2.35.1 2022-01-28 16:57:10 -08:00
remote-curl.c
remote.c refs API: remove "failure_errno" from refs_resolve_ref_unsafe() 2022-01-26 15:58:41 -08:00
remote.h
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repo-settings.c Merge branch 'en/fetch-negotiation-default-fix' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
repository.c Merge branch 'ns/tmp-objdir' 2022-01-03 16:24:15 -08:00
repository.h Merge branch 'en/fetch-negotiation-default-fix' 2022-02-16 15:14:30 -08:00
rerere.c ll-merge: make callers responsible for showing warnings 2022-02-02 10:02:27 -08:00
rerere.h
reset.c Merge branch 'pw/use-in-process-checkout-in-rebase' 2022-02-18 13:53:27 -08:00
reset.h rebase --apply: set ORIG_HEAD correctly 2022-01-26 12:08:53 -08:00
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'ah/log-no-graph' 2022-02-23 16:58:03 -08:00
revision.h Merge branch 'ah/log-no-graph' 2022-02-23 16:58:03 -08:00
run-command.c Merge branch 'ab/config-based-hooks-2' 2022-02-09 14:21:00 -08:00
run-command.h run-command: remove old run_hook_{le,ve}() hook API 2022-01-07 15:19:35 -08:00
SECURITY.md
send-pack.c
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'ps/avoid-unnecessary-hook-invocation-with-packed-refs' 2022-02-18 13:53:27 -08:00
sequencer.h create_autostash(): remove unneeded parameter 2022-01-26 12:08:53 -08:00
serve.c
serve.h
server-info.c
setup.c
sh-i18n--envsubst.c builtins + test helpers: use return instead of exit() in cmd_* 2021-06-09 09:15:58 +09:00
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c git-rev-list: add --exclude-first-parent-only flag 2022-01-12 11:08:42 -08:00
shallow.h
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
simple-ipc.h
sparse-index.c sparse-index: sparse index is disallowed when split index is active 2022-01-23 17:06:05 -08:00
sparse-index.h
split-index.c split-index: it really is incompatible with the sparse index 2022-01-23 17:06:23 -08:00
split-index.h
stable-qsort.c stable-qsort: avoid using potentially unaligned access 2022-01-07 15:48:40 -08:00
strbuf.c
strbuf.h
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h string-list.[ch]: remove string_list_init() compatibility function 2021-09-28 14:43:38 -07:00
strmap.c *.c *_init(): define in terms of corresponding *_INIT macro 2021-07-01 12:32:22 -07:00
strmap.h
strvec.c
strvec.h
sub-process.c run-command API: remove "argv" member, always use "args" 2021-11-25 22:15:07 -08:00
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c branch: add --recurse-submodules option for branch creation 2022-02-04 08:16:39 -08:00
submodule-config.h branch: add --recurse-submodules option for branch creation 2022-02-04 08:16:39 -08:00
submodule.c fetch: fetch unpopulated, changed submodules 2022-03-16 16:08:59 -07:00
submodule.h fetch: fetch unpopulated, changed submodules 2022-03-16 16:08:59 -07:00
symlinks.c
tag.c
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c log: clean unneeded objects during log --remerge-diff 2022-02-02 10:02:27 -08:00
tmp-objdir.h log: clean unneeded objects during log --remerge-diff 2022-02-02 10:02:27 -08:00
trace2.c
trace2.h
trace.c
trace.h
trailer.c
trailer.h pretty format %(trailers): add a "key_value_separator" 2020-12-09 14:16:42 -08:00
transport-helper.c
transport-internal.h
transport.c ls-remote & transport API: release "struct transport_ls_refs_options" 2022-02-06 18:02:34 -08:00
transport.h ls-remote & transport API: release "struct transport_ls_refs_options" 2022-02-06 18:02:34 -08:00
tree-diff.c
tree-walk.c
tree-walk.h
tree.c
tree.h
unicode-width.h
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c unix-socket: disallow chdir() when creating unix domain sockets 2021-03-15 14:32:51 -07:00
unix-socket.h unix-socket: disallow chdir() when creating unix domain sockets 2021-03-15 14:32:51 -07:00
unix-stream-server.c
unix-stream-server.h
unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'en/keep-cwd' 2022-01-05 14:01:28 -08:00
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c upload-pack.c: increase output buffer size 2021-12-15 11:51:18 -08:00
upload-pack.h
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 refs API: remove "failure_errno" from refs_resolve_ref_unsafe() 2022-01-26 15:58:41 -08:00
worktree.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c wrapper: use a CSPRNG to generate random file names 2022-01-17 14:17:51 -08:00
write-or-die.c
ws.c
wt-status.c Merge branch 'xw/am-empty' 2022-01-05 14:01:28 -08:00
wt-status.h
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h xdiff-interface: replace discard_hunk_line() with a flag 2021-05-11 12:47:31 +09:00
zlib.c

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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 and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).

Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md (a po file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).

To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org (not the Git list). 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