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You may want to run the test suite with a different shell than you use to build Git. For instance, you may build with SHELL_PATH=/bin/sh (because it's faster, or it's what you expect to exist on systems where the build will be used) but want to run the test suite with bash (e.g., since that allows using "-x" reliably across the whole test suite). There's currently no good way to do this. You might think that doing two separate make invocations, like: make && make -C t SHELL_PATH=/bin/bash would work. And it _almost_ does. The second make will see our bash SHELL_PATH, and we'll use that to run the individual test scripts (or tell prove to use it to do so). So far so good. But this breaks down when "--tee" or "--verbose-log" is used. Those options cause the test script to actually re-exec itself using $SHELL_PATH. But wait, wouldn't our second make invocation have set SHELL_PATH correctly in the environment? Yes, but test-lib.sh sources GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS, which we built during the first "make". And that overrides the environment, giving us the original SHELL_PATH again. Let's introduce a new variable that lets you specify a specific shell to be run for the test scripts. Note that we have to touch both the main and t/ Makefiles, since we have to record it in GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS in one, and use it in the latter. 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.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