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It seems to be a little-known feature of `grep` (and it certainly came as a surprise to this here developer who believed to know the Unix tools pretty well) that multiple patterns can be passed in the same command-line argument simply by separating them by newlines. Watch, and learn: $ printf '1\n2\n3\n' | grep "$(printf '1\n3\n')" 1 3 That behavior also extends to patterns passed via `-e`, and it is not modified by passing the option `-E` (but trying this with -P issues the error "grep: the -P option only supports a single pattern"). It seems that there are more old Unix hands who are surprised by this behavior, as grep invocations of the form grep "$(git rev-parse A B) C" file were introduced ina85b377d04(push: the beginning of "git push --signed", 2014-09-12), and later faithfully copy-edited inb9459019bb(push: heed user.signingkey for signed pushes, 2014-10-22). Please note that the output of `git rev-parse A B` separates the object IDs via *newlines*, not via spaces, and those newlines are preserved because the interpolation is enclosed in double quotes. As a consequence, these tests try to validate that the file contains either A's object ID, or B's object ID followed by C, or both. Clearly, however, what the test wanted to see is that there is a line that contains all of them. This is clearly unintended, and the grep invocations in question really match too many lines. Fix the test by avoiding the newlines in the patterns. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> 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