branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.8.0.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0.1]
+* link:v1.8.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.1.txt[1.8.1].
+
+* link:v1.8.0.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0.3]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.0.3.txt[1.8.0.3],
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.0.2.txt[1.8.0.2],
link:RelNotes/1.8.0.1.txt[1.8.0.1],
link:RelNotes/1.8.0.txt[1.8.0].
If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it
specifies a path to use instead of the default `.git`
for the base of the repository.
+ The '--git-dir' command-line option also sets this value.
'GIT_WORK_TREE'::
Set the path to the working tree. The value will not be
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Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio
C Hamano. Numerous contributions have come from the git mailing list
-<git@vger.kernel.org>. For a more complete list of contributors, see
-http://git-scm.com/about. If you have a clone of git.git itself, the
+<git@vger.kernel.org>. http://www.ohloh.net/p/git/contributors/summary
+gives you a more complete list of contributors.
+
+If you have a clone of git.git itself, the
output of linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1] can show you
the authors for specific parts of the project.