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Due to historical reasons, the backend scriptlets for "git rebase" are structured a bit unusually. As originally designed, dot-sourcing them from "git rebase" was sufficient to invoke the specific backend. However, it was later discovered that some shell implementations (e.g. FreeBSD 9.x) misbehaved by continuing to execute statements following a top-level "return" rather than returning control to the next statement in "git rebase" after dot-sourcing the scriptlet. To work around this shortcoming, the whole body of git-rebase--$backend.sh was made into a shell function git_rebase__$backend, and then the very last line of the scriptlet called that function. A more normal architecture is for a dot-sourced scriptlet merely to define functions (thus acting as a function library), and for those functions to be called by the script doing the dot-sourcing. Migrate to this arrangement by moving the git_rebase__$backend call from the end of a scriptlet into "git rebase" itself. While at it, remove the large comment block from each scriptlet explaining this historic anomaly since it serves no purpose under the new normalized architecture in which a scriptlet is merely a function library. Signed-off-by: Wink Saville <wink@saville.com> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> 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.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-.txt 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.txt
(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). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://public-inbox.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
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