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The cmd_foo() function is a moral equivalent of 'main' for a Git subcommand 'git foo', and as such, it is allowed to do many things that make it unsuitable to be called as a subroutine, including - call exit(3) to terminate the process; - allocate resource held and used throughout its lifetime, without releasing it upon return/exit; - rely on global variables being initialized at program startup, and update them as needed, making another clean invocation of the function impossible. The call to cmd_diff_index() "git describe" makes has been working by accident that the function did not call exit(3); it sets a bad precedent for people to cut and paste. We could invoke it via the run_command() interface, but the diff family of commands have helper functions in diff-lib.c that are meant to be usable as subroutines, and using the latter does not make the resulting code all that longer. Use it. Note that there is also an invocation of cmd_name_rev() at the end; "git describe --contains" massages its command line arguments to be suitable for "git name-rev" invocation and jumps to it, never to regain control. This call is left as-is as an exception to the rule. When we start to allow calling name-rev repeatedly as a helper function, we would be able to remove this call as well. 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-.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