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The "git ls-remote" command can be run outside of a repository, but needs to look up configured remotes. The config code is smart enough to handle this case itself, but we also check the historical "branches" and "remotes" paths in $GIT_DIR. The git_path() function causes us to blindly look at ".git/remotes", even if we know we aren't in a git repository. For now, this is just an unlikely bug (you probably don't have such a file if you're not in a repository), but it will become more obvious once we mergeb1ef400ee(setup_git_env: avoid blind fall-back to ".git", 2016-10-20): [now] $ git ls-remote fatal: No remote configured to list refs from. [withb1ef400ee] $ git ls-remote fatal: BUG: setup_git_env called without repository We can fix this by skipping these sources entirely when we're outside of a repository. The test is a little more complex than the demonstration above. Rather than detect the correct behavior by parsing the error message, we can actually set up a case where the remote name we give is a valid repository, butb1ef400eewould cause us to die in the configuration step. This test doesn't fail now, but it future-proofs us for theb1ef400eechange. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> 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