1//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 2 3 Git - the stupid content tracker 4 5//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 6 7"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood. 8 9 - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not 10 actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a 11 mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant. 12 - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the 13 dictionary of slang. 14 - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually 15 works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room. 16 - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks 17 18Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an 19unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations 20and full access to internals. 21 22Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public 23License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, 24compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus 25Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net. 26 27Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. 28 29See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see 30Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and 31Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command. 32If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be 33read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the 34documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help 35commandname". 36 37CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt 38("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is 39installed). 40 41Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ 42including full documentation and Git related tools. 43 44The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git 45mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature 46requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read 47Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). 48To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in 49the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are 50available at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/, 51http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites. 52 53The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that 54list the current status of various development topics to the mailing 55list. The discussion following them give a good reference for 56project status, development direction and remaining tasks.