1Git - the stupid content tracker 2================================ 3 4"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood. 5 6 - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not 7 actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a 8 mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant. 9 - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the 10 dictionary of slang. 11 - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually 12 works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room. 13 - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks 14 15Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an 16unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations 17and full access to internals. 18 19Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public 20License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, 21compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus 22Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net. 23 24Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. 25 26See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see 27Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and 28Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command. 29If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be 30read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the 31documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help 32commandname". 33 34CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt 35("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is 36installed). 37 38Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ 39including full documentation and Git related tools. 40 41The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git 42mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature 43requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read 44Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). 45To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in 46the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are 47available at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/, 48http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites. 49 50The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that 51list the current status of various development topics to the mailing 52list. The discussion following them give a good reference for 53project status, development direction and remaining tasks.