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ls-refs performs a single revision walk over the whole ref namespace, and sends ones that match with one of the given ref prefixes down to the user. This can be expensive if there are many refs overall, but the portion of them covered by the given prefixes is small by comparison. To attempt to reduce the difference between the number of refs traversed, and the number of refs sent, only traverse references which are in the longest common prefix of the given prefixes. This is very reminiscent of the approach taken inb31e2680c4(ref-filter.c: find disjoint pattern prefixes, 2019-06-26) which does an analogous thing for multi-patterned 'git for-each-ref' invocations. The callback 'send_ref' is resilient to ignore extra patterns by discarding any arguments which do not begin with at least one of the specified prefixes. Similarly, the code introduced inb31e2680c4is resilient to stop early at metacharacters, but we only pass strict prefixes here. At worst we would return too many results, but the double checking done by send_ref will throw away anything that doesn't start with something in the prefix list. Finally, if no prefixes were provided, then implicitly add the empty string (which will match all references) since this matches the existing behavior (see the "no restrictions" comment in "ls-refs.c:ref_match()"). Original-patch-by: Jacob Vosmaer <jacob@gitlab.com> Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.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.
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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-<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).
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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