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On the Windows build agents, a lot of programs are installed, and added to the PATH automatically. One such program is Git for Windows, and due to the way it is set up, unfortunately its copy of `gpg.exe` is also reachable via the PATH. This usually does not pose any problems. To the contrary, it even allows us to test the GPG parts of Git's test suite even if `gpg.exe` is not delivered as part of `git-sdk-64-minimal`, the minimal subset of Git for Windows' SDK that we use in the CI builds to compile Git. However, every once in a while we build a new MSYS2 runtime, which means that there is a mismatch between the copy in `git-sdk-64-minimal` and the copy in C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin. When that happens we hit the dreaded problem where only one `msys-2.0.dll` is expected to be in the PATH, and things start to fail. Let's avoid all of this by restricting the PATH to the minimal set. This is actually done by `git-sdk-64-minimal`'s `/etc/profile`, and we just have to source this file manually (one would expect that it is sourced automatically, but the Bash steps in Azure Pipelines/GitHub workflows are explicitly run using `--noprofile`, hence the need for doing this explicitly). Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> 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