See this link:tutorial.html[tutorial] to get started, then see
link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of commands, and
"man git-commandname" for documentation of each command. CVS users may
-also want to read link:cvs-migration.html[CVS migration].
-link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] is still work in
-progress, but when finished hopefully it will guide a new user
-in a coherent way to git enlightenment ;-).
+also want to read link:cvs-migration.html[CVS migration]. See
+link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] for a more in-depth
+introduction.
The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
as defined in the configuration file (see gitlink:git-config[1]).
+Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest git
+documentation can be viewed at
+`http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/`.
+
ifdef::stalenotes[]
[NOTE]
============
You are reading the documentation for the latest version of git.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.5.0.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.0.2]
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.1.txt[release notes for 1.5.1]
+
+* link:v1.5.1.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.1.4]
+
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.1.4.txt[release notes for 1.5.1.4]
+
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.1.3.txt[release notes for 1.5.1.3]
+
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.1.2.txt[release notes for 1.5.1.2]
-* link:v1.5.0.2/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt[release notes for 1.5.0.2]
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.1.1.txt[release notes for 1.5.1.1]
-* link:v1.5.0.1/RelNotes-1.5.0.1.txt[release notes for 1.5.0.1]
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.0.7.txt[release notes for 1.5.0.7]
-* link:v1.5.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.5.0]
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.0.6.txt[release notes for 1.5.0.6]
-* link:v1.5.0/RelNotes-1.5.0.txt[release notes for 1.5.0]
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.0.5.txt[release notes for 1.5.0.5]
+
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.0.3.txt[release notes for 1.5.0.3]
+
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt[release notes for 1.5.0.2]
+
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.0.1.txt[release notes for 1.5.0.1]
+
+* link:RelNotes-1.5.0.txt[release notes for 1.5.0]
* link:v1.4.4.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.4.4.4]
operate on a <tree> object but automatically dereferences
<commit> and <tag> objects that point at a <tree>.
+<commit-ish>::
+ Indicates a commit or tag object name. A
+ command that takes a <commit-ish> argument ultimately wants to
+ operate on a <commit> object but automatically dereferences
+ <tag> objects that point at a <commit>.
+
<type>::
Indicates that an object type is required.
Currently one of: `blob`, `tree`, `commit`, or `tag`.
'GIT_AUTHOR_DATE'::
'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'::
'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'::
+'GIT_COMMITTER_DATE'::
+'EMAIL'::
see gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]
git Diffs