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Denton Liu 42b30bcbb7 git-completion.bash: extract from else in _git_stash() 
To save a level of indentation, perform an early return in the "if" arm
so we can move the "else" code out of the block.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-03-24 10:05:47 -07:00
.github Merge branch 'tb/ci-run-cocci-with-18.04' into maint 2021-02-11 13:57:36 -08:00
block-sha1
builtin Merge branch 'jt/transfer-fsck-across-packs' 2021-03-01 14:02:57 -08:00
ci Merge branch 'tb/pack-revindex-on-disk' 2021-02-12 14:21:04 -08:00
compat Sync with Git 2.30.2 for CVE-2021-21300 2021-03-08 16:09:07 -08:00
contrib git-completion.bash: extract from else in _git_stash() 2021-03-24 10:05:47 -07:00
Documentation Merge branch 'jn/mergetool-hideresolved-is-optional' 2021-03-14 16:01:41 -07:00
ewah bitmap: implement bitmap_is_subset() 2020-12-08 14:48:16 -08:00
git-gui Merge https://github.com/prati0100/git-gui 2021-03-04 12:38:50 -08:00
gitk-git
gitweb gitweb/Makefile: conditionally include ../GIT-VERSION-FILE 2020-12-08 16:56:56 -08:00
mergetools mergetools/vimdiff: add vimdiff1 merge tool variant 2021-02-23 11:37:13 -08:00
negotiator
perl
po l10n: zh_CN: for git v2.31.0 l10n round 1 and 2 2021-03-15 00:05:25 +08:00
ppc
refs refs/files-backend: don't peek into struct lock_file 2021-01-06 13:53:32 -08:00
sha1collisiondetection@855827c583
sha1dc
sha256
t Sync with Git 2.30.2 for CVE-2021-21300 2021-03-08 16:09:07 -08:00
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.gitattributes CoC: explicitly take any whitespace breakage 2021-01-04 09:44:49 -08:00
.gitignore Merge branch 'fc/random-cleanup' 2020-12-08 15:11:21 -08:00
.gitmodules
.mailmap
.travis.yml ci: remove GETTEXT_POISON jobs 2021-01-21 15:50:00 -08:00
.tsan-suppressions
abspath.c abspath: add a function to resolve paths with missing components 2020-12-12 23:35:47 -08:00
aclocal.m4
add-interactive.c Merge branch 'js/add-i-color-fix' 2020-12-08 15:11:17 -08:00
add-interactive.h
add-patch.c Merge branch 'js/add-i-color-fix' 2020-12-08 15:11:17 -08:00
advice.c
advice.h
alias.c
alias.h
alloc.c
alloc.h
apply.c Merge branch 'ab/unreachable-break' 2020-12-18 15:15:18 -08:00
apply.h
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c
archive.h
attr.c
attr.h
banned.h
base85.c
bisect.c Merge branch 'js/params-vs-args' 2021-02-25 16:43:32 -08:00
bisect.h
blame.c
blame.h
blob.c
blob.h
bloom.c
bloom.h
branch.c
branch.h
builtin.h
bulk-checkin.c
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c bundle: arguments can be read from stdin 2021-01-11 21:50:41 -08:00
bundle.h
cache-tree.c cache-tree: extract subtree_pos() 2021-01-23 17:14:07 -08:00
cache-tree.h cache-tree: extract subtree_pos() 2021-01-23 17:14:07 -08:00
cache.h Sync with Git 2.30.2 for CVE-2021-21300 2021-03-08 16:09:07 -08:00
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
check-builtins.sh
check_bindir
checkout.c
checkout.h
chunk-format.c chunk-format: restore duplicate chunk checks 2021-02-18 13:38:16 -08:00
chunk-format.h chunk-format: create read chunk API 2021-02-18 13:38:16 -08:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md CoC: update to version 2.0 + local changes 2021-01-13 17:45:04 -08:00
color.c
color.h
column.c
column.h
combine-diff.c
command-list.txt mailmap doc: create a new "gitmailmap(5)" man page 2021-01-12 14:04:39 -08:00
commit-graph.c Merge branch 'ds/chunked-file-api' 2021-03-01 14:02:57 -08:00
commit-graph.h commit-reach: use corrected commit dates in paint_down_to_common() 2021-01-18 16:21:18 -08:00
commit-reach.c commit-reach: stale commits may prune generation further 2021-02-22 13:34:34 -08:00
commit-reach.h commit-graph: return 64-bit generation number 2021-01-18 16:21:18 -08:00
commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
commit-slab.h
commit.c Merge branch 'bc/signed-objects-with-both-hashes' 2021-02-22 16:12:42 -08:00
commit.h Merge branch 'bc/signed-objects-with-both-hashes' 2021-02-22 16:12:42 -08:00
common-main.c
config.c Merge branch 'ak/config-bad-bool-error' 2021-02-17 17:21:43 -08:00
config.h Merge branch 'ps/config-env-pairs' 2021-01-25 14:19:19 -08:00
config.mak.dev
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname Merge branch 'jk/open-returns-eintr' 2021-03-04 15:34:45 -08:00
configure.ac Remove support for v1 of the PCRE library 2021-01-23 21:15:43 -08:00
connect.c Merge branch 'jt/clone-unborn-head' 2021-02-17 17:21:40 -08:00
connect.h
connected.c
connected.h
convert.c
convert.h
copy.c
COPYING
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c
date.c
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta-islands.c
delta-islands.h
delta.h
detect-compiler
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c
diff-merges.c diff-merges: add '--diff-merges=1' as synonym for 'first-parent' 2020-12-21 13:47:32 -08:00
diff-merges.h diff-merges: get rid of now empty diff_merges_init_revs() 2020-12-21 13:47:31 -08:00
diff-no-index.c
diff.c Merge branch 'jc/diffcore-rotate' 2021-02-25 16:43:30 -08:00
diff.h Merge branch 'jc/diffcore-rotate' 2021-02-25 16:43:30 -08:00
diffcore-break.c
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c diffcore-rename: guide inexact rename detection based on basenames 2021-02-15 18:02:16 -08:00
diffcore-rotate.c diff: --{rotate,skip}-to=<path> 2021-02-16 09:30:42 -08:00
diffcore.h diff: --{rotate,skip}-to=<path> 2021-02-16 09:30:42 -08:00
dir-iterator.c
dir-iterator.h
dir.c Merge branch 'jh/untracked-cache-fix' 2021-03-01 14:02:58 -08:00
dir.h sparse-checkout: load sparse-checkout patterns 2021-01-23 17:14:07 -08:00
editor.c
entry.c write_entry(): fix misuses of path in error messages 2021-02-16 11:27:17 -08:00
environment.c config: allow specifying config entries via envvar pairs 2021-01-15 13:03:45 -08:00
environment.h environment: make getenv_safe() a public function 2021-01-15 13:03:45 -08:00
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'jt/transfer-fsck-across-packs-fix' 2021-03-08 16:04:47 -08:00
fetch-pack.h
fmt-merge-msg.c Merge branch 'bc/signed-objects-with-both-hashes' 2021-02-22 16:12:42 -08:00
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c Merge branch 'jt/transfer-fsck-across-packs' 2021-03-01 14:02:57 -08:00
fsck.h Merge branch 'jt/transfer-fsck-across-packs' 2021-03-01 14:02:57 -08:00
fsmonitor.c Merge branch 'jh/fsmonitor-prework' 2021-03-01 14:02:56 -08:00
fsmonitor.h fsmonitor: log invocation of FSMonitor hook to trace2 2021-02-16 17:14:34 -08:00
fuzz-commit-graph.c
fuzz-pack-headers.c
fuzz-pack-idx.c
generate-cmdlist.sh
generate-configlist.sh
gettext.c Merge branch 'ab/detox-gettext-tests' 2021-02-10 14:48:33 -08:00
gettext.h tests: remove support for GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON 2021-01-21 15:50:01 -08:00
git-add--interactive.perl Merge branch 'js/add-i-color-fix' 2020-12-08 15:11:17 -08:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh bisect--helper: reimplement bisect_skip shell function in C 2021-02-03 14:52:09 -08:00
git-compat-util.h Sync with Git 2.30.2 for CVE-2021-21300 2021-03-08 16:09:07 -08:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl
git-difftool--helper.sh mergetool: break setup_tool out into separate initialization function 2021-02-09 14:09:16 -08:00
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh Merge branch 'sh/mergetool-hideresolved' 2021-02-17 17:21:41 -08:00
git-mergetool.sh mergetool: do not enable hideResolved by default 2021-03-13 15:30:29 -08:00
git-p4.py Merge branch 'dl/p4-encode-after-kw-expansion' into maint 2021-02-08 14:05:54 -08:00
git-quiltimport.sh
git-rebase--preserve-merges.sh
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl
git-sh-i18n.sh tests: remove support for GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON 2021-01-21 15:50:01 -08:00
git-sh-setup.sh
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl
GIT-VERSION-GEN Git 2.31 2021-03-15 11:51:51 -07:00
git-web--browse.sh
git.c Merge branch 'tb/precompose-prefix-too' 2021-02-12 14:21:04 -08:00
git.rc
gpg-interface.c gpg-interface: remove other signature headers before verifying 2021-02-10 23:35:42 -08:00
gpg-interface.h gpg-interface: improve interface for parsing tags 2021-02-10 23:35:42 -08:00
graph.c
graph.h
grep.c Merge branch 'ab/grep-pcre-invalid-utf8' 2021-02-10 14:48:33 -08:00
grep.h Merge branch 'ab/grep-pcre-invalid-utf8' 2021-02-10 14:48:33 -08:00
hash-lookup.c oid_pos(): access table through const pointers 2021-01-28 12:03:26 -08:00
hash-lookup.h oid_pos(): access table through const pointers 2021-01-28 12:03:26 -08:00
hash.h cache.h: move hash/oid functions to hash.h 2020-12-04 13:55:14 -08:00
hashmap.c
hashmap.h
help.c
help.h
hex.c
http-backend.c
http-fetch.c http-fetch: allow custom index-pack args 2021-02-22 12:07:40 -08:00
http-push.c
http-walker.c
http.c http: allow custom index-pack args 2021-02-22 12:07:40 -08:00
http.h http: allow custom index-pack args 2021-02-22 12:07:40 -08:00
ident.c
imap-send.c
INSTALL doc: mention Python 3.x supports 2020-12-14 15:01:03 -08:00
iterator.h
json-writer.c
json-writer.h
khash.h
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
LGPL-2.1
line-log.c
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
linear-assignment.c
linear-assignment.h
list-objects-filter-options.c
list-objects-filter-options.h
list-objects-filter.c object-name.c: rename from sha1-name.c 2021-01-04 13:01:55 -08:00
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c
list-objects.h
list.h
ll-merge.c
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c Merge branch 'ab/diff-deferred-free' 2021-02-22 16:12:43 -08:00
log-tree.h
ls-refs.c Merge branch 'jt/clone-unborn-head' 2021-02-17 17:21:40 -08:00
ls-refs.h ls-refs: report unborn targets of symrefs 2021-02-05 13:49:53 -08:00
mailinfo.c
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c mailmap: only look for .mailmap in work tree 2021-02-10 13:34:51 -08:00
mailmap.h shortlog: remove unused(?) "repo-abbrev" feature 2021-01-12 14:04:42 -08:00
Makefile Merge branch 'jk/open-returns-eintr' 2021-03-04 15:34:45 -08:00
match-trees.c
mem-pool.c
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-ort-wrappers.c
merge-ort-wrappers.h
merge-ort.c merge-ort: call diffcore_rename() directly 2021-02-15 18:02:16 -08:00
merge-ort.h merge-ort: implement merge_incore_recursive() 2020-12-16 21:56:39 -08:00
merge-recursive.c commit: move reverse_commit_list() from merge-recursive 2020-12-16 21:56:39 -08:00
merge-recursive.h
merge.c
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
midx.c Merge branch 'ds/chunked-file-api' 2021-03-01 14:02:57 -08:00
midx.h
name-hash.c name-hash: use trace2 regions for init 2021-01-23 17:14:07 -08:00
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c
notes-utils.h
notes.c
notes.h
object-file.c hash-lookup: rename from sha1-lookup 2021-01-04 13:01:55 -08:00
object-name.c object-name.c: rename from sha1-name.c 2021-01-04 13:01:55 -08:00
object-store.h packfile: prepare for the existence of '*.rev' files 2021-01-25 18:32:43 -08:00
object.c bundle: lost objects when removing duplicate pendings 2021-01-11 21:50:41 -08:00
object.h
oid-array.c oid_pos(): access table through const pointers 2021-01-28 12:03:26 -08:00
oid-array.h oid-array: provide a for-loop iterator 2020-12-07 12:32:04 -08:00
oidmap.c
oidmap.h
oidset.c
oidset.h
pack-bitmap-write.c oid_pos(): access table through const pointers 2021-01-28 12:03:26 -08:00
pack-bitmap.c rev-list: add --disk-usage option for calculating disk usage 2021-02-11 09:57:55 -08:00
pack-bitmap.h rev-list: add --disk-usage option for calculating disk usage 2021-02-11 09:57:55 -08:00
pack-check.c
pack-objects.c
pack-objects.h
pack-revindex.c pack-revindex.c: don't close unopened file descriptors 2021-02-26 14:42:27 -08:00
pack-revindex.h pack-revindex: ensure that on-disk reverse indexes are given precedence 2021-01-25 18:32:44 -08:00
pack-write.c Merge branch 'jt/transfer-fsck-across-packs' 2021-03-01 14:02:57 -08:00
pack.h Merge branch 'jt/transfer-fsck-across-packs' 2021-03-01 14:02:57 -08:00
packfile.c packfile: prepare for the existence of '*.rev' files 2021-01-25 18:32:43 -08:00
packfile.h packfile: prepare for the existence of '*.rev' files 2021-01-25 18:32:43 -08:00
pager.c pager: refactor wait_for_pager() function 2021-02-01 21:15:58 -08:00
parse-options-cb.c
parse-options.c MacOS: precompose_argv_prefix() 2021-02-03 14:09:37 -08:00
parse-options.h parse-options: format argh like error messages 2021-01-06 15:10:27 -08:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c Merge branch 'jk/log-cherry-pick-duplicate-patches' into maint 2021-02-05 16:31:28 -08:00
patch-ids.h patch-ids: handle duplicate hashmap entries 2021-01-12 11:13:32 -08:00
path.c
path.h
pathspec.c
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h
preload-index.c preload-index: log the number of lstat calls to trace2 2021-02-16 17:14:34 -08:00
pretty.c Merge branch 'hv/trailer-formatting' 2021-03-01 14:02:58 -08:00
pretty.h pretty.c: capture invalid trailer argument 2021-02-15 16:48:38 -08:00
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
promisor-remote.c
promisor-remote.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
prune-packed.c
prune-packed.h
quote.c quote: make sq_dequote_step() a public function 2021-01-12 12:03:18 -08:00
quote.h quote: make sq_dequote_step() a public function 2021-01-12 12:03:18 -08:00
range-diff.c Merge branch 'js/range-diff-one-side-only' 2021-02-17 17:21:41 -08:00
range-diff.h Merge branch 'js/range-diff-one-side-only' 2021-02-17 17:21:41 -08:00
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'ns/raise-write-index-buffer-size' 2021-03-01 14:02:58 -08:00
README.md
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
rebase.c
rebase.h
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'hv/trailer-formatting' 2021-03-01 14:02:58 -08:00
ref-filter.h branch: sort detached HEAD based on a flag 2021-01-07 15:13:21 -08:00
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
refs.c Merge branch 'tb/ls-refs-optim' 2021-02-05 16:40:45 -08:00
refs.h Merge branch 'tb/ls-refs-optim' 2021-02-05 16:40:45 -08:00
refspec.c Merge branch 'fc/atmark-in-refspec' 2020-12-14 10:21:36 -08:00
refspec.h
RelNotes Git 2.30.2 2021-02-12 15:51:13 +01:00
remote-curl.c
remote.c Merge branch 'nk/refspecs-negative-fix' 2020-12-23 13:59:46 -08:00
remote.h Merge branch 'jt/clone-unborn-head' 2021-02-17 17:21:40 -08:00
replace-object.c
replace-object.h
repo-settings.c
repository.c repository: add repo reference to index_state 2021-01-23 17:14:07 -08:00
repository.h
rerere.c rerere: use strmap to store rerere directories 2021-01-28 11:26:20 -08:00
rerere.h
reset.c
reset.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'ak/corrected-commit-date' 2021-02-17 17:21:40 -08:00
revision.h Merge branch 'so/log-diff-merge' 2021-02-05 16:40:44 -08:00
run-command.c Sync with Git 2.30.2 for CVE-2021-21300 2021-03-08 16:09:07 -08:00
run-command.h run-command: document use_shell option 2021-01-22 14:21:32 -08:00
send-pack.c Merge branch 'js/trace2-session-id' 2020-12-08 15:11:20 -08:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'ds/more-index-cleanups' 2021-02-10 14:48:33 -08:00
sequencer.h
serve.c ls-refs: report unborn targets of symrefs 2021-02-05 13:49:53 -08:00
serve.h
server-info.c
setup.c
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c commit_graft_pos(): take an oid instead of a bare hash 2021-01-28 11:21:07 -08:00
shallow.h
shell.c
shortlog.h shortlog: remove unused(?) "repo-abbrev" feature 2021-01-12 14:04:42 -08:00
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
split-index.c
split-index.h
stable-qsort.c
strbuf.c
strbuf.h
streaming.c
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
strmap.c
strmap.h strmap: make callers of strmap_remove() to call it in void context 2020-12-15 15:30:44 -08:00
strvec.c
strvec.h
sub-process.c
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c
submodule-config.h
submodule.c Merge branch 'sj/untracked-files-in-submodule-directory-is-not-dirty' 2021-01-25 14:19:18 -08:00
submodule.h
symlinks.c Sync with 2.20.5 2021-02-12 15:49:35 +01:00
tag.c gpg-interface: improve interface for parsing tags 2021-02-10 23:35:42 -08:00
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c packfile: prepare for the existence of '*.rev' files 2021-01-25 18:32:43 -08:00
tmp-objdir.h
trace.c
trace.h
trace2.c
trace2.h
trailer.c pretty format %(trailers): add a "key_value_separator" 2020-12-09 14:16:42 -08:00
trailer.h pretty format %(trailers): add a "key_value_separator" 2020-12-09 14:16:42 -08:00
transport-helper.c connect, transport: encapsulate arg in struct 2021-02-05 13:49:54 -08:00
transport-internal.h connect, transport: encapsulate arg in struct 2021-02-05 13:49:54 -08:00
transport.c connect, transport: encapsulate arg in struct 2021-02-05 13:49:54 -08:00
transport.h clone: respect remote unborn HEAD 2021-02-05 13:49:55 -08:00
tree-diff.c
tree-walk.c tree-walk: report recursion counts 2021-01-04 15:23:08 -08:00
tree-walk.h
tree.c tree: enable cmp_cache_name_compare() to be used elsewhere 2020-12-13 14:18:20 -08:00
tree.h tree: enable cmp_cache_name_compare() to be used elsewhere 2020-12-13 14:18:20 -08:00
unicode-width.h
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unpack-trees.c Sync with Git 2.30.2 for CVE-2021-21300 2021-03-08 16:09:07 -08:00
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'ak/corrected-commit-date' 2021-02-17 17:21:40 -08:00
upload-pack.h
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c usage: trace2 BUG() invocations 2021-02-09 14:14:34 -08:00
userdiff.c
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
walker.c
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c worktree: teach worktree_lock_reason() to gently handle main worktree 2021-01-30 09:57:20 -08:00
worktree.h worktree: teach worktree to lazy-load "prunable" reason 2021-01-30 09:57:16 -08:00
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c
write-or-die.c
ws.c
wt-status.c Merge branch 'sj/untracked-files-in-submodule-directory-is-not-dirty' 2021-01-25 14:19:18 -08:00
wt-status.h branch: sort detached HEAD based on a flag 2021-01-07 15:13:21 -08:00
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h
zlib.c

README.md

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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.

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).

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://lore.kernel.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