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Current README content is way too esoteric for someone looking at GIT for the first time. Instead it should provide a quick summary of what GIT is with a few pointers to other resources. The bulk of the previous README content is moved to Documentation/core-intro.txt. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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GIT - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
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- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
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actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
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mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
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- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
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dictionary of slang.
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- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
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works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
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- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
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Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
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unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
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and full access to internals.
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Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License.
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It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
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hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
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Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
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See Documentation/tutorial.txt to get started, then see
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Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands,
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and "man git-commandname" for documentation of each command.
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CVS users may also want to read Documentation/cvs-migration.txt.
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Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git.or.cz/
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including full documentation and Git related tools.
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The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git
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mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature
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requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe
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to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to
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majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites.
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