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Earlier we added support for a value spelled as ":(optional)path" for configuration variables whose values are of type "path", with the documented semantics "if the path is missing, behave as if such a variable definition is not even there." This has worked OK for code paths that reads configuration files and stores the configured value as a string, where NULL in such a string is treated as if the setting is not there, left as the default. However, there are other code paths that do not _ignore_ such NULL values and misbehave. "git config get --path" is one of them. When git_config_pathname() helper function finds that the value of the variable is an optional path *and* the path is missing, it leaves the destination pointer intact (which usually is left to NULL) and returns 0 to signal a success. format_config() helper however assumed that the destination pointer always gets a string, which no longer is the case, and segfaulted. Make sure that git_config_pathname() clears the destination pointer in such a case, and teach format_config() to react to the condition by returning 1 (which is different from 0 that is a normal success and negative that is an error) to its callers. Adjust the callers to react to this new return value that tells them to pretend as if they did not even see this partcular <key, value> pair. Reported-by: Han Jiang <jhcarl0814@gmail.com> Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> 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.
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If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
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CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.adoc
(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