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This fixes "convert: add filter.<driver>.process option" (edcc8581) on Windows. Consider the case of a file that requires filtering and is present in branch A but not in branch B. If A is the current HEAD and we checkout B then the following happens: 1. ce_compare_data() opens the file 2. index_fd() detects that the file requires to run a clean filter and calls index_stream_convert_blob() 4. index_stream_convert_blob() calls convert_to_git_filter_fd() 5. convert_to_git_filter_fd() calls apply_filter() which creates a new long running filter process (in case it is the first file of this kind to be filtered) 6. The new filter process inherits all file handles. This is the default on Linux/OSX and is explicitly defined in the `CreateProcessW` call in `mingw.c` on Windows. 7. ce_compare_data() closes the file 8. Git unlinks the file as it is not present in B The unlink operation does not work on Windows because the filter process has still an open handle to the file. On Linux/OSX the unlink operation succeeds but the file descriptors still leak into the child process. Fix this problem by opening files in read-cache with the O_CLOEXEC flag to ensure that the file descriptor does not remain open in a newly spawned process similar to05d1ed6148("mingw: ensure temporary file handles are not inherited by child processes", 2016-08-22). Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@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).
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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