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Several completion functions contain the following pattern to run git commands respecting the path to the repository specified on the command line: git --git-dir="$(__gitdir)" <cmd> <options> This imposes the overhead of fork()ing a subshell for the command substitution and potentially fork()+exec()ing 'git rev-parse' inside __gitdir(). Now, if neither '--gitdir=<path>' nor '-C <path>' options are specified on the command line, then those git commands are perfectly capable to discover the repository on their own. If either one or both of those options are specified on the command line, then, again, the git commands could discover the repository, if we pass them all of those options from the command line. This means we don't have to run __gitdir() at all for git commands and can spare its fork()+exec() overhead. Use Bash parameter expansions to check the $__git_dir variable and $__git_C_args array and to assemble the appropriate '--git-dir=<path>' and '-C <path>' options if either one or both are present on the command line. These parameter expansions are, however, rather long, so instead of changing all git executions and make already long lines even longer, encapsulate running git with '--git-dir=<path> -C <path>' options into the new __git() wrapper function. Furthermore, this wrapper function will also enable us to silence error messages from git commands uniformly in one place in a later commit. There's one tricky case, though: in __git_refs() local refs are listed with 'git for-each-ref', where "local" is not necessarily the repository we are currently in, but it might mean a remote repository in the filesystem (e.g. listing refs for 'git fetch /some/other/repo <TAB>'). Use one-shot variable assignment to override $__git_dir with the path of the repository where the refs should come from. Although one-shot variable assignments in front of shell functions are to be avoided in our scripts in general, in the Bash completion script we can do that safely. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@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 http://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