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James Coglan 479db18bc0 graph: smooth appearance of collapsing edges on commit lines
When a graph contains edges that are in the process of collapsing to the
left, but those edges cross a commit line, the effect is that the edges
have a jagged appearance:

        *
        |\
        | *
        |  \
        *-. \
        |\ \ \
        | | * |
        | * | |
        | |/ /
        * | |
        |/ /
        * |
        |/
        *

We already takes steps to smooth edges like this when they're expanding;
when an edge appears to the right of a merge commit marker on a
GRAPH_COMMIT line immediately following a GRAPH_POST_MERGE line, we
render it as a `\`:

        * \
        |\ \
        | * \
        | |\ \

We can make a similar improvement to collapsing edges, making them
easier to follow and giving the overall graph a feeling of increased
symmetry:

        *
        |\
        | *
        |  \
        *-. \
        |\ \ \
        | | * |
        | * | |
        | |/ /
        * / /
        |/ /
        * /
        |/
        *

To do this, we introduce a new special case for edges on GRAPH_COMMIT
lines that immediately follow a GRAPH_COLLAPSING line. By retaining a
copy of the `mapping` array used to render the GRAPH_COLLAPSING line in
the `old_mapping` array, we can determine that an edge is collapsing
through the GRAPH_COMMIT line and should be smoothed.

Signed-off-by: James Coglan <jcoglan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-10-16 11:11:25 +09:00
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builtin Merge branch 'js/trace2-fetch-push' 2019-10-15 13:48:03 +09:00
ci Merge branch 'dl/honor-cflags-in-hdr-check' 2019-10-07 11:33:02 +09:00
compat Merge branch 'js/azure-pipelines-msvc' 2019-10-15 13:48:00 +09:00
contrib Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
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git-gui Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/prati0100/git-gui 2019-09-18 11:22:11 -07:00
gitk-git Merge gitk to pick up emergency build fix 2019-09-17 14:59:18 -07:00
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perl git-svn: trim leading and trailing whitespaces in author name 2019-09-28 13:51:42 +09:00
po gitk: rename zh_CN.po to zh_cn.po 2019-09-17 14:58:12 -07:00
ppc
refs Merge branch 'sc/pack-refs-deletion-racefix' 2019-08-22 12:34:10 -07:00
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583
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templates git-merge: honor pre-merge-commit hook 2019-08-07 12:37:33 -07:00
trace2 trace2: write discard message to sentinel files 2019-10-05 17:53:51 +09:00
vcs-svn
xdiff xdiffi: fix typos and touch up comments 2019-10-09 10:58:34 +09:00
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.mailmap .mailmap: update email address of Andrey Mazo 2019-09-20 22:21:28 -07:00
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CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md CODE_OF_CONDUCT: mention individual project-leader emails 2019-10-10 10:41:46 +09:00
COPYING
GIT-VERSION-GEN First batch after Git 2.23 2019-08-22 12:41:04 -07:00
INSTALL
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Makefile Merge branch 'js/azure-pipelines-msvc' 2019-10-15 13:48:00 +09:00
README.md README: fix rendering of text in angle brackets 2019-07-18 14:47:46 -07:00
RelNotes First batch after Git 2.23 2019-08-22 12:41:04 -07:00
abspath.c
aclocal.m4
advice.c Merge branch 'ra/cherry-pick-revert-skip' 2019-07-19 11:30:21 -07:00
advice.h Merge branch 'ra/cherry-pick-revert-skip' 2019-07-19 11:30:21 -07:00
alias.c
alias.h
alloc.c
alloc.h
apply.c Merge branch 'tg/range-diff-output-update' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
apply.h apply.h: include missing header 2019-09-28 14:04:16 +09:00
archive-tar.c Merge branch 'rs/pax-extended-header-length-fix' 2019-09-09 12:26:37 -07:00
archive-zip.c
archive.c
archive.h
argv-array.c
argv-array.h
attr.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
attr.h
azure-pipelines.yml Merge branch 'js/azure-pipelines-msvc' 2019-10-15 13:48:00 +09:00
banned.h banned.h: fix vsprintf()'s ban message 2019-08-26 10:32:45 -07:00
base85.c
bisect.c bisect: switch to using the_hash_algo 2019-08-19 15:04:58 -07:00
bisect.h
blame.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
blame.h Merge branch 'br/blame-ignore' 2019-07-19 11:30:20 -07:00
blob.c
blob.h
branch.c Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
branch.h Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
builtin.h Merge branch 'ab/test-env' 2019-07-25 13:59:20 -07:00
bulk-checkin.c bulk-checkin: zero-initialize hashfile_checkpoint 2019-09-06 11:03:39 -07:00
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c bundle: switch to use the_hash_algo 2019-08-19 15:04:58 -07:00
bundle.h
cache-tree.c Merge branch 'en/merge-recursive-cleanup' 2019-10-15 13:47:59 +09:00
cache-tree.h cache-tree: share code between functions writing an index as a tree 2019-08-19 10:08:03 -07:00
cache.h Merge branch 'js/azure-pipelines-msvc' 2019-10-15 13:48:00 +09:00
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
check-builtins.sh
check_bindir
checkout.c
checkout.h
color.c
color.h
column.c
column.h
combine-diff.c combine-diff: replace GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ with the_hash_algo 2019-08-19 15:04:58 -07:00
command-list.txt
commit-graph.c Merge branch 'ah/cleanups' 2019-10-09 14:01:00 +09:00
commit-graph.h upload-pack: disable commit graph more gently for shallow traversal 2019-09-12 12:30:08 -07:00
commit-reach.c
commit-reach.h
commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
commit-slab.h
commit.c Merge branch 'tb/commit-graph-harden' 2019-10-07 11:32:58 +09:00
commit.h
common-main.c common-main: delay trace2 initialization 2019-08-06 13:09:01 -07:00
config.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
config.h
config.mak.dev
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname vcxproj: include more generated files 2019-10-06 09:07:44 +09:00
configure.ac
connect.c mingw: support UNC in git clone file://server/share/repo 2019-08-26 10:00:33 -07:00
connect.h
connected.c Merge branch 'bc/object-id-part17' 2019-10-11 14:24:46 +09:00
connected.h
convert.c Merge branch 'rs/convert-fix-utf-without-dash' 2019-10-09 14:01:00 +09:00
convert.h am: reload .gitattributes after patching it 2019-09-03 15:16:18 -07:00
copy.c
credential-cache--daemon.c
credential-cache.c
credential-store.c
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c
date.c Quit passing 'now' to date code 2019-09-12 11:03:51 -07:00
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta-islands.c Merge branch 'jk/oidhash' 2019-07-09 15:25:43 -07:00
delta-islands.h
delta.h
detect-compiler
diff-delta.c diff-delta: set size out-parameter to 0 for NULL delta 2019-09-06 11:03:39 -07:00
diff-lib.c
diff-no-index.c
diff.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
diff.h patch-id: convert to use the_hash_algo 2019-08-19 15:04:57 -07:00
diffcore-break.c diffcore-break: use a goto instead of a redundant if statement 2019-10-02 15:04:21 +09:00
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
diffcore.h
dir-iterator.c dir-iterator: add flags parameter to dir_iterator_begin 2019-07-11 13:52:15 -07:00
dir-iterator.h dir-iterator: add flags parameter to dir_iterator_begin 2019-07-11 13:52:15 -07:00
dir.c Merge branch 'en/clean-nested-with-ignored' 2019-10-11 14:24:46 +09:00
dir.h Merge branch 'en/clean-nested-with-ignored' 2019-10-11 14:24:46 +09:00
editor.c
entry.c
environment.c
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fast-import.c Merge branch 'en/fast-imexport-nested-tags' 2019-10-15 13:48:00 +09:00
fetch-negotiator.c repo-settings: create feature.experimental setting 2019-08-13 13:33:55 -07:00
fetch-negotiator.h repo-settings: create feature.experimental setting 2019-08-13 13:33:55 -07:00
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'js/trace2-fetch-push' 2019-10-15 13:48:03 +09:00
fetch-pack.h
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c Merge branch 'br/blame-ignore' 2019-07-19 11:30:20 -07:00
fsck.h
fsmonitor.c Merge branch 'cb/fsmonitor-intfix' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:15 -07:00
fsmonitor.h
fuzz-commit-graph.c
fuzz-pack-headers.c
fuzz-pack-idx.c
generate-cmdlist.sh
gettext.c Merge branch 'ab/test-env' 2019-07-25 13:59:20 -07:00
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl add -i: show progress counter in the prompt 2019-10-04 07:12:19 +09:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl
git-difftool--helper.sh
git-filter-branch.sh Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch 2019-09-05 13:01:48 -07:00
git-instaweb.sh
git-legacy-stash.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh
git-mergetool.sh
git-p4.py git-p4: auto-delete named temporary file 2019-10-06 20:43:37 +09:00
git-parse-remote.sh
git-quiltimport.sh
git-rebase--preserve-merges.sh rebase: fold git-rebase--common into the -p backend 2019-07-31 12:24:06 -07:00
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl
git-web--browse.sh
git.c git: use COPY_ARRAY and MOVE_ARRAY in handle_alias() 2019-09-20 11:11:26 -07:00
git.rc
gpg-interface.c gpg-interface: do not scan past the end of buffer 2019-07-16 12:15:12 -07:00
gpg-interface.h
graph.c graph: smooth appearance of collapsing edges on commit lines 2019-10-16 11:11:25 +09:00
graph.h
grep.c Merge branch 'cb/pcre1-cleanup' 2019-10-11 14:24:47 +09:00
grep.h Merge branch 'cb/pcre1-cleanup' 2019-10-11 14:24:47 +09:00
hash.h
hashmap.c hashmap: remove type arg from hashmap_{get,put,remove}_entry 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
hashmap.h hashmap_entry: remove first member requirement from docs 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
help.c Merge branch 'rs/help-unknown-ref-does-not-return' 2019-09-30 13:19:27 +09:00
help.h help: make help_unknown_ref() NORETURN 2019-08-30 10:22:42 -07:00
hex.c
http-backend.c
http-fetch.c
http-push.c
http-walker.c
http.c Merge branch 'mh/http-urlmatch-cleanup' 2019-09-30 13:19:24 +09:00
http.h http: use xmalloc with cURL 2019-08-15 12:37:10 -07:00
ident.c
imap-send.c
interdiff.c
interdiff.h
iterator.h
json-writer.c
json-writer.h
khash.h
kwset.c Merge branch 'rs/copy-array' into maint 2019-07-29 12:38:15 -07:00
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
line-log.c Merge branch 'sg/line-log-tree-diff-optim' 2019-09-18 11:50:09 -07:00
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
linear-assignment.c
linear-assignment.h
list-objects-filter-options.c Merge branch 'jk/partial-clone-sparse-blob' 2019-10-07 11:32:54 +09:00
list-objects-filter-options.h Merge branch 'jk/partial-clone-sparse-blob' 2019-10-07 11:32:54 +09:00
list-objects-filter.c Merge branch 'jk/partial-clone-sparse-blob' 2019-10-07 11:32:54 +09:00
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c Merge branch 'jk/list-objects-optim-wo-trees' 2019-10-07 11:32:56 +09:00
list-objects.h
list.h
ll-merge.c am: reload .gitattributes after patching it 2019-09-03 15:16:18 -07:00
ll-merge.h am: reload .gitattributes after patching it 2019-09-03 15:16:18 -07:00
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c Merge branch 'rs/simplify-by-deco-with-deco-refs-exclude' 2019-10-07 11:32:54 +09:00
log-tree.h
ls-refs.c
ls-refs.h
mailinfo.c
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
match-trees.c
mem-pool.c
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
merge-recursive.h hashmap_entry: remove first member requirement from docs 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
merge.c
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
midx.c midx: switch to using the_hash_algo 2019-08-19 15:05:00 -07:00
midx.h
name-hash.c hashmap: remove type arg from hashmap_{get,put,remove}_entry 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c
notes-utils.h
notes.c Merge branch 'mh/notes-duplicate-entries' 2019-09-30 13:19:25 +09:00
notes.h
object-store.h Merge branch 'ds/object-info-for-prefetch-fix' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:08 -07:00
object.c treewide: remove duplicate #include directives 2019-10-04 08:16:00 +09:00
object.h
oidmap.c hashmap: introduce hashmap_free_entries 2019-10-07 10:20:11 +09:00
oidmap.h hashmap: use *_entry APIs for iteration 2019-10-07 10:20:11 +09:00
oidset.c Merge branch 'br/blame-ignore' 2019-07-19 11:30:20 -07:00
oidset.h Merge branch 'br/blame-ignore' 2019-07-19 11:30:20 -07:00
pack-bitmap-write.c pack-objects: drop packlist index_pos optimization 2019-09-06 11:03:42 -07:00
pack-bitmap.c Merge branch 'jk/misc-uninitialized-fixes' 2019-09-30 13:19:30 +09:00
pack-bitmap.h pack-bitmap.h: remove magic number 2019-09-28 14:04:20 +09:00
pack-check.c
pack-objects.c pack-objects: drop packlist index_pos optimization 2019-09-06 11:03:42 -07:00
pack-objects.h pack-objects: drop packlist index_pos optimization 2019-09-06 11:03:42 -07:00
pack-revindex.c
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c pack-write: use hash_to_hex when writing checksums 2019-08-19 15:04:58 -07:00
pack.h
packfile.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
packfile.h Merge branch 'ds/midx-expire-repack' 2019-09-09 12:26:38 -07:00
pager.c
parse-options-cb.c Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
parse-options.c parse-options: allow --end-of-options as a synonym for "--" 2019-08-06 13:05:39 -07:00
parse-options.h Merge branch 'nd/diff-parseopt' 2019-09-09 12:26:38 -07:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c hashmap: remove type arg from hashmap_{get,put,remove}_entry 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
patch-ids.h
path.c path: add a function to check for path suffix 2019-08-26 10:36:13 -07:00
path.h path: add a function to check for path suffix 2019-08-26 10:36:13 -07:00
pathspec.c
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h
preload-index.c
pretty.c log-tree: call load_ref_decorations() in get_name_decoration() 2019-09-09 11:16:40 -07:00
pretty.h
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c Test the progress display 2019-09-17 09:39:16 -07:00
progress.h
promisor-remote.c promisor-remote: skip move_to_tail when no-op 2019-10-02 14:56:54 +09:00
promisor-remote.h Merge branch 'dl/honor-cflags-in-hdr-check' 2019-10-07 11:33:02 +09:00
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
quote.c Merge branch 'gs/sq-quote-buf-pretty' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
quote.h quote: add sq_append_quote_argv_pretty() 2019-08-09 10:48:02 -07:00
range-diff.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
range-diff.h
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'js/azure-pipelines-msvc' 2019-10-15 13:48:00 +09:00
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
refs.c hashmap_entry: remove first member requirement from docs 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
refs.h
refspec.c
refspec.h
remote-curl.c
remote-testsvn.c
remote.c hashmap: remove type arg from hashmap_{get,put,remove}_entry 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
remote.h hashmap_entry: remove first member requirement from docs 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repo-settings.c fetch: add fetch.writeCommitGraph config setting 2019-09-03 12:06:14 -07:00
repository.c
repository.h Merge branch 'jk/disable-commit-graph-during-upload-pack' 2019-10-07 11:32:55 +09:00
rerere.c rerere: replace sha1_to_hex 2019-08-19 15:04:59 -07:00
rerere.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
revision.h
run-command.c
run-command.h
send-pack.c send-pack: never fetch when checking exclusions 2019-10-09 10:46:41 +09:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'ew/hashmap' 2019-10-15 13:48:02 +09:00
sequencer.h Merge branch 'js/rebase-r-strategy' 2019-09-18 11:50:07 -07:00
serve.c
serve.h
server-info.c
setup.c Merge branch 'js/gitdir-at-unc-root' 2019-09-30 13:19:26 +09:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1-array.c
sha1-array.h
sha1-file.c Merge branch 'bc/object-id-part17' 2019-10-11 14:24:46 +09:00
sha1-lookup.c Merge branch 'js/azure-pipelines-msvc' 2019-10-15 13:48:00 +09:00
sha1-lookup.h
sha1-name.c Merge branch 'rs/nth-switch-code-simplification' 2019-10-07 11:33:00 +09:00
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c Merge branch 'rs/dedup-includes' 2019-10-11 14:24:48 +09:00
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
split-index.c
split-index.h
stable-qsort.c Move git_sort(), a stable sort, into into libgit.a 2019-10-02 14:44:51 +09:00
strbuf.c Merge branch 'md/list-objects-filter-combo' 2019-09-18 11:50:09 -07:00
strbuf.h Merge branch 'md/list-objects-filter-combo' 2019-09-18 11:50:09 -07:00
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
sub-process.c hashmap: remove type arg from hashmap_{get,put,remove}_entry 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
sub-process.h hashmap_entry: remove first member requirement from docs 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
submodule-config.c hashmap: remove type arg from hashmap_{get,put,remove}_entry 2019-10-07 10:20:12 +09:00
submodule-config.h
submodule.c
submodule.h
symlinks.c
tag.c tag: factor out get_tagged_oid() 2019-09-05 14:10:18 -07:00
tag.h tag: factor out get_tagged_oid() 2019-09-05 14:10:18 -07:00
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c
tmp-objdir.h
trace.c packfile: drop release_pack_memory() 2019-08-13 12:21:33 -07:00
trace.h
trace2.c
trace2.h
trailer.c
trailer.h
transport-helper.c Merge branch 'jt/avoid-ls-refs-with-http' 2019-09-18 11:50:10 -07:00
transport-internal.h transport: teach all vtables to allow fetch first 2019-08-22 14:20:39 -07:00
transport.c transport: push codepath can take arbitrary repository 2019-10-08 13:20:01 +09:00
transport.h
tree-diff.c
tree-walk.c Merge branch 'jk/tree-walk-overflow' 2019-08-22 12:34:10 -07:00
tree-walk.h Merge branch 'jk/tree-walk-overflow' 2019-08-22 12:34:10 -07:00
tree.c tree: simplify parse_tree_indirect() 2019-09-03 15:10:53 -07:00
tree.h
unicode-width.h Merge branch 'bb/unicode-12.1-reiwa' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:11 -07:00
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unpack-trees.c treewide: remove duplicate #include directives 2019-10-04 08:16:00 +09:00
unpack-trees.h treewide: rename 'struct exclude_list' to 'struct pattern_list' 2019-09-05 14:05:11 -07:00
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'jk/disable-commit-graph-during-upload-pack' 2019-10-07 11:32:55 +09:00
upload-pack.h
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c userdiff: add a builtin pattern for dts files 2019-08-21 15:09:34 -07:00
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
walker.c
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c Merge branch 'nd/corrupt-worktrees' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:07 -07:00
worktree.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c Merge branch 'ah/cleanups' 2019-10-09 14:01:00 +09:00
write-or-die.c
ws.c
wt-status.c Merge branch 'bc/object-id-part17' 2019-10-11 14:24:46 +09:00
wt-status.h wt-status: convert struct wt_status to object_id 2019-08-19 15:04:59 -07:00
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h
zlib.c

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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://public-inbox.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