"git am" has been taught to make an internal call to "git apply"'s
innards without spawning the latter as a separate process.
* cc/apply-am: (41 commits)
builtin/am: use apply API in run_apply()
apply: learn to use a different index file
apply: pass apply state to build_fake_ancestor()
apply: refactor `git apply` option parsing
apply: change error_routine when silent
usage: add get_error_routine() and get_warn_routine()
usage: add set_warn_routine()
apply: don't print on stdout in verbosity_silent mode
apply: make it possible to silently apply
apply: use error_errno() where possible
apply: make some parsing functions static again
apply: move libified code from builtin/apply.c to apply.{c,h}
apply: rename and move opt constants to apply.h
builtin/apply: rename option parsing functions
builtin/apply: make create_one_file() return -1 on error
builtin/apply: make try_create_file() return -1 on error
builtin/apply: make write_out_results() return -1 on error
builtin/apply: make write_out_one_result() return -1 on error
builtin/apply: make create_file() return -1 on error
builtin/apply: make add_index_file() return -1 on error
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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.
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See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
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If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
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(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
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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