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Android's "repo" tool is a tool for managing a large codebase consisting of multiple smaller repositories, similar to Git's submodule feature. Starting with Git94b8ae5a(ssh: introduce a 'simple' ssh variant, 2017-10-16), users noticed that it stopped handling the port in ssh:// URLs. The cause: when it encounters ssh:// URLs, repo pre-connects to the server and sets GIT_SSH to a helper ".repo/repo/git_ssh" that reuses that connection. Before94b8ae5a, the helper was assumed to support OpenSSH options for lack of a better guess and got passed a -p option to set the port. After that patch, it uses the new default of a simple helper that does not accept an option to set the port. The next release of "repo" will set GIT_SSH_VARIANT to "ssh" to avoid that. But users of old versions and of other similar GIT_SSH implementations would not get the benefit of that fix. So update the default to use OpenSSH options again, with a twist. As observed in94b8ae5a, we cannot assume that $GIT_SSH always handles OpenSSH options: common helpers such as travis-ci's dpl[*] are configured using GIT_SSH and do not accept OpenSSH options. So make the default a new variant "auto", with the following behavior: 1. First, check for a recognized basename, like today. 2. If the basename is not recognized, check whether $GIT_SSH supports OpenSSH options by running $GIT_SSH -G <options> <host> This returns status 0 and prints configuration in OpenSSH if it recognizes all <options> and returns status 255 if it encounters an unrecognized option. A wrapper script like exec ssh -- "$@" would fail with ssh: Could not resolve hostname -g: Name or service not known , correctly reflecting that it does not support OpenSSH options. The command is run with stdin, stdout, and stderr redirected to /dev/null so even a command that expects a terminal would exit immediately. 3. Based on the result from step (2), behave like "ssh" (if it succeeded) or "simple" (if it failed). This way, the default ssh variant for unrecognized commands can handle both the repo and dpl cases as intended. This autodetection has been running on Google workstations since 2017-10-23 with no reported negative effects. [*]6c3fddfda1/lib/dpl/provider.rb (L215)Reported-by: William Yan <wyan@google.com> Improved-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@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).
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://public-inbox.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
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