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This commit contains a GNU Makefile and NuGet configuration scripts to download and install the various third-party libraries that we will need to build/link with when using VS2015 to build Git. The file "compat/vcbuild/README_VS2015.txt" contains instructions for using this. In this commit, "compat/vcbuild/Makefile" contains hard-coded version numbers of the packages we require. These are set to the current versions as of the time of this commit. We use "nuget restore" to install them explicitly using a "package.config". A future improvement would try to use some of the automatic package management functions and eliminate the need to specify exact versions. I tried, but could not get this to work. NuGet was happy dowload "minimum requirements" rather than "lastest" for dependencies -- and only look at one package at a time. For example, both curl and openssl depend upon zlib and have different minimums. It was unclear which version of zlib would be installed and seemed to be dependent on the order of the top-level packages. So, I'm skipping that for now. We need to be very precise when specifying NuGet package versions: while nuget.exe auto-completes a version, say, 1.0.2 to 1.0.2.0, we will want to parse packages.config ourselves, to generate the Visual Studio solution, and there we need the exact version number to be able to generate the exact path to the correct .targets file. Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.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.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
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