and full access to internals.
See linkgit:gittutorial[7] 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 linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7]. See
- the link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] for a more in-depth
- introduction.
+ link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of
+ commands. The link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] has 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 linkgit:git-config[1]).
+ After you mastered the basic concepts, you can come back to this
+ page to learn what commands git offers. You can learn more about
+ individual git commands with "git help command". linkgit:gitcli[7]
+ manual page gives you an overview of the command line command syntax.
- Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest git
- documentation can be viewed at
- `http://git-htmldocs.googlecode.com/git/git.html`.
+ Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest git documentation
+ can be viewed at `http://git-htmldocs.googlecode.com/git/git.html`.
ifdef::stalenotes[]
[NOTE]
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
+* link:v1.7.12/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.12]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.12.txt[1.7.12].
+
+* link:v1.7.11.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.11.5]
+
+* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.11.5.txt[1.7.11.5],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.11.4.txt[1.7.11.4],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.11.3.txt[1.7.11.3],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.11.2.txt[1.7.11.2],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.11.1.txt[1.7.11.1],
+ link:RelNotes/1.7.11.txt[1.7.11].
+
* link:v1.7.10.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.10.5]
* release notes for
linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information.
- FURTHER DOCUMENTATION
- ---------------------
-
- See the references above to get started using git. The following is
- probably more detail than necessary for a first-time user.
-
- The link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[git concepts chapter of the
- user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] both provide
- introductions to the underlying git architecture.
-
- See linkgit:gitworkflows[7] for an overview of recommended workflows.
-
- See also the link:howto-index.html[howto] documents for some useful
- examples.
-
- The internals are documented in the
- link:technical/api-index.html[GIT API documentation].
-
GIT COMMANDS
------------
'GIT_EDITOR'::
This environment variable overrides `$EDITOR` and `$VISUAL`.
- It is used by several git comands when, on interactive mode,
+ It is used by several git commands when, on interactive mode,
an editor is to be launched. See also linkgit:git-var[1]
and the `core.editor` option in linkgit:git-config[1].
for a given pathname. These stages are used to hold the various
unmerged version of a file when a merge is in progress.
+ FURTHER DOCUMENTATION
+ ---------------------
+
+ See the references in the "description" section to get started
+ using git. The following is probably more detail than necessary
+ for a first-time user.
+
+ The link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[git concepts chapter of the
+ user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] both provide
+ introductions to the underlying git architecture.
+
+ See linkgit:gitworkflows[7] for an overview of recommended workflows.
+
+ See also the link:howto-index.html[howto] documents for some useful
+ examples.
+
+ The internals are documented in the
+ link:technical/api-index.html[GIT API documentation].
+
+ Users migrating from CVS may also want to
+ read linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7].
+
+
Authors
-------
Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio