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 License. 23It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of 24hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano. 25 26Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. 27 28See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see 29Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and 30Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command. 31If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be 32read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the 33documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help 34commandname". 35 36CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt 37("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is 38installed). 39 40Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ 41including full documentation and Git related tools. 42 43The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git 44mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature 45requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read 46Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). 47To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in 48the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are 49available at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival 50sites. 51 52The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in 53git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and 54the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good 55reference for project status, development direction and 56remaining tasks.