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The rules creating the $(LIB_FILE) and $(XDIFF_LIB) archives used to be: $(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^ until commit7b76d6bf22(Makefile: add and use the ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag, 2021-06-29) removed the '$(RM) $@' part, claiming that "we can rely on the "c" (create) being present in ARFLAGS", and (I presume) assuming that it means that the named archive is created from scratch. Unfortunately, that's not what the 'c' flag does, it merely "Suppress the diagnostic message that is written to standard error by default when the archive is created" [1]. Consequently, all object files that are already present in an existing archive and are not replaced will remain there. This leads to linker errors in back-to-back builds of different revisions without a 'make clean' between them if source files going into these archives are renamed in between: # The last commit renaming files that go into 'libgit.a': #bc62692757(hash-lookup: rename from sha1-lookup, 2020-12-31) # sha1-lookup.c => hash-lookup.c | 14 +++++++------- # sha1-lookup.h => hash-lookup.h | 12 ++++++------ $ git checkout bc62692757^ HEAD is now at7a7d992d0dsha1-lookup: rename `sha1_pos()` as `hash_pos()` $ make [...] $ git checkout7b76d6bf22HEAD is now at7b76d6bf22Makefile: add and use the ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag $ make [...] AR libgit.a LINK git /usr/bin/ld: libgit.a(hash-lookup.o): in function `bsearch_hash': /home/szeder/src/git/hash-lookup.c:105: multiple definition of `bsearch_hash'; libgit.a(sha1-lookup.o):/home/szeder/src/git/sha1-lookup.c:105: first defined here collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [Makefile:2213: git] Error 1 Restore the original make rules to first remove $(LIB_FILE) and $(XDIFF_LIB) and then create them from scratch to avoid these build errors. [1] Quoting POSIX at: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ar.html 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 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