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). 25It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of 26hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano. 27 28Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions. 29 30See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see 31Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and 32Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command. 33If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be 34read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the 35documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help 36commandname". 37 38CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt 39("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is 40installed). 41 42Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ 43including full documentation and Git related tools. 44 45The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git 46mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature 47requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read 48Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). 49To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in 50the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are 51available at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival 52sites. 53 54The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in 55git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and 56the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good 57reference for project status, development direction and 58remaining tasks.