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Commit6b1db43109("clean: teach clean -d to preserve ignored paths", 2017-05-23) added the following code block (among others) to git-clean: if (remove_directories) dir.flags |= DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO | DIR_KEEP_UNTRACKED_CONTENTS; The reason for these flags is well documented in the commit message, but isn't obvious just from looking at the code. Add some explanations to the code to make it clearer. Further, it appears git-2.26 did not correctly handle this combination of flags from git-clean. With both these flags and without DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO_MODE_MATCHING set, git is supposed to recurse into all untracked AND ignored directories. git-2.26.0 clearly was not doing that. I don't know the full reasons for that or whether git < 2.27.0 had additional unknown bugs because of that misbehavior, because I don't feel it's worth digging into. As per the huge changes and craziness documented in commit8d92fb2927("dir: replace exponential algorithm with a linear one", 2020-04-01), the old algorithm was a mess and was thrown out. What I can say is that git-2.27.0 correctly recurses into untracked AND ignored directories with that combination. However, in clean's case we don't need to recurse into ignored directories; that is just a waste of time. Thus, when git-2.27.0 started correctly handling those flags, we got a performance regression report. Rather than relying on other bugs in fill_directory()'s former logic to provide the behavior of skipping ignored directories, make use of the DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO_MODE_MATCHING value specifically added in commiteec0f7f2b7("status: add option to show ignored files differently", 2017-10-30) for this purpose. Reported-by: Brian Malehorn <bmalehorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.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.
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See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
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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).
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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