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When we stuff config options into GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS, we shell-quote each one as a single unit, like: 'section.one=value1' 'section.two=value2' On the reading side, we de-quote to get the individual strings, and then parse them by splitting on the first "=" we find. This format is ambiguous, because an "=" may appear in a subsection. So the config represented in a file by both: [section "subsection=with=equals"] key = value and: [section] subsection = with=equals.key=value ends up in this flattened format like: 'section.subsection=with=equals.key=value' and we can't tell which was desired. We have traditionally resolved this by taking the first "=" we see starting from the left, meaning that we allowed arbitrary content in the value, but not in the subsection. Let's make our environment format a bit more robust by separately quoting the key and value. That turns those examples into: 'section.subsection=with=equals.key'='value' and: 'section.subsection'='with=equals.key=value' respectively, and we can tell the difference between them. We can detect which format is in use for any given element of the list based on the presence of the unquoted "=". That means we can continue to allow the old format to work to support any callers which manually used the old format, and we can even intermingle the two formats. The old format wasn't documented, and nobody was supposed to be using it. But it's likely that such callers exist in the wild, so it's nice if we can avoid breaking them. Likewise, it may be possible to trigger an older version of "git -c" that runs a script that calls into a newer version of "git -c"; that new version would see the intermingled format. This does create one complication, which is that the obvious format in the new scheme for [section] some-bool is: 'section.some-bool' with no equals. We'd mistake that for an old-style variable. And it even has the same meaning in the old style, but: [section "with=equals"] some-bool does not. It would be: 'section.with=equals=some-bool' which we'd take to mean: [section] with = equals=some-bool in the old, ambiguous style. Likewise, we can't use: 'section.some-bool'='' because that's ambiguous with an actual empty string. Instead, we'll again use the shell-quoting to give us a hint, and use: 'section.some-bool'= to show that we have no value. Note that this commit just expands the reading side. We'll start writing the new format via "git -c" in a future patch. In the meantime, the existing "git -c" tests will make sure we didn't break reading the old format. But we'll also add some explicit coverage of the two formats to make sure we continue to handle the old one after we move the writing side over. And one final note: since we're now using the shell-quoting as a semantically meaningful hint, this closes the door to us ever allowing arbitrary shell quoting, like: 'a'shell'would'be'ok'with'this'.key=value But we have never supported that (only what sq_quote() would produce), and we are probably better off keeping things simple, robust, and backwards-compatible, than trying to make it easier for humans. We'll continue not to advertise the format of the variable to users, and instead keep "git -c" as the recommended mechanism for setting config (even if we are trying to be kind not to break users who may be relying on the current undocumented format). 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 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).
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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