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Several tests set a config variable in a sub-repo we chdir into via a subshell, like this: ( cd "$D" && cd two && git config foo.bar baz ) But they also clean up the variable with a when_finished directive outside of the subshell, like this: test_when_finished "git config unset foo.bar" At first glance, this shouldn't work! The cleanup clause cannot be run from the subshell (since environment changes there are lost by the time the test snippet finishes). But since the cleanup command runs outside the subshell, our working directory will not have been switched into "two". But it does work. Why? The answer is that an earlier test does a "cd two" that moves the whole test's working directory out of $TRASH_DIRECTORY and into "two". So the subshell is a bit of a red herring; we are already in the right directory! That's why we need the "cd $D" at the top of the shell, to put us back to a known spot. Let's make this cleanup code more explicitly specify where we expect the config command to run. That makes the script more robust against running a subset of the tests, and ultimately will make it easier to refactor the script to avoid these top-level chdirs. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.adoc to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.adoc for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.adoc for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.adoc
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).
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string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md
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The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks