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When developing Git for Windows, we always have to ensure that we do not break any non-Windows platforms, e.g. by introducing Windows-specific code into the platform-independent source code. At other times, it is necessary to test whether a bug is Windows-specific or not, in order to send the bug report to the correct place. Having access to a Linux-based Git comes in really handy in such a situation. Vagrant offers a painless way to install and use a defined Linux development environment on Windows (and other Operating Systems). We offer a Vagrantfile to that end for two reasons: 1) To allow Windows users to gain the full power of Linux' Git 2) To offer users an easy path to verify that the issue they are about to report is really a Windows-specific issue; otherwise they would need to report it to git@vger.kernel.org instead. Using it is easy: Download and install https://www.virtualbox.org/, then download and install https://www.vagrantup.com/, then direct your command-line window to the Git source directory containing the Vagrantfile and run the commands: vagrant up vagrant ssh See https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Vagrant for details. As part of switching Git for Windows' development environment from msysGit to the MSys2-based Git SDK, this Vagrantfile was copy-edited from msysGit: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/blob/0be8f2208/Vagrantfile Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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Git - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, 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
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.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-commandname.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).
Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/
including full documentation and Git related tools.
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 http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.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.