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Kyle Meyer e13811189b submodule: refuse to add repository with no commits
When the path given to 'git submodule add' is an existing repository
that is not in the index, the repository is passed to 'git add'.  If
this repository doesn't have a commit checked out, we don't get a
useful result: there is no subproject OID to track, and any untracked
files in the sub-repository are added as blobs in the top-level
repository.

To avoid getting into this state, abort if the path is a repository
that doesn't have a commit checked out.  Note that this check must
come before the 'git add --dry-run' check because the next commit will
make 'git add' fail when given a repository that doesn't have a commit
checked out.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2019-04-10 12:52:48 +09:00
.github
block-sha1
builtin Fix typos in translatable strings for v2.21.0 2019-02-11 12:58:06 -08:00
ci ci: clear and mark MAKEFLAGS exported just once 2019-02-07 11:36:28 -08:00
compat mingw: safe-guard a bit more against getenv() problems 2019-02-15 10:25:28 -08:00
contrib Merge branch 'sg/strbuf-addbuf-cocci' 2019-02-05 14:26:18 -08:00
Documentation Merge branch 'yn/checkout-doc-fix' 2019-02-24 07:18:00 -08:00
ewah
git-gui
gitk-git
gitweb
mergetools
negotiator
perl
po l10n: Fixes to Catalan translation 2019-03-02 19:12:58 +01:00
ppc
refs Merge branch 'nd/per-worktree-ref-iteration' 2018-11-26 23:13:43 +09:00
sha1collisiondetection@232357eb2e
sha1dc
sha256
t submodule: refuse to add repository with no commits 2019-04-10 12:52:48 +09:00
templates Update shell scripts to compute empty tree object ID 2018-05-02 13:59:53 +09:00
vcs-svn
xdiff
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.gitattributes Merge branch 'ds/hash-independent-tests-fix' into maint 2018-12-15 12:24:32 +09:00
.gitignore Merge branch 'sg/travis-specific-cc' 2019-02-06 22:05:25 -08:00
.gitmodules
.mailmap .mailmap: map Clemens Buchacher's mail addresses 2019-02-08 11:14:15 -08:00
.travis.yml travis-ci: switch to Xcode 10.1 macOS image 2019-01-17 11:14:45 -08:00
.tsan-suppressions
abspath.c
aclocal.m4
advice.c
advice.h
alias.c
alias.h
alloc.c object_as_type: initialize commit-graph-related fields of 'struct commit' 2019-01-27 16:55:57 -08:00
alloc.h object_as_type: initialize commit-graph-related fields of 'struct commit' 2019-01-27 16:55:57 -08:00
apply.c Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
apply.h
archive-tar.c Indent code with TABs 2018-12-09 12:37:32 +09:00
archive-zip.c
archive.c Merge branch 'nd/indentation-fix' 2019-01-14 15:29:32 -08:00
archive.h
argv-array.c
argv-array.h
attr.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
attr.h
azure-pipelines.yml ci: parallelize testing on Windows 2019-01-29 09:26:47 -08:00
banned.h banned.h: mark strncat() as banned 2019-01-02 10:19:05 -08:00
base85.c
bisect.c Merge branch 'ds/push-sparse-tree-walk' 2019-02-06 22:05:25 -08:00
bisect.h
blame.c read-cache.c: kill read_index() 2019-01-14 12:13:04 -08:00
blame.h
blob.c
blob.h
branch.c
branch.h
builtin.h
bulk-checkin.c convert has_sha1_file() callers to has_object_file() 2019-01-08 09:41:06 -08:00
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c create_bundle(): drop unused "header" parameter 2019-01-24 12:35:44 -08:00
bundle.h create_bundle(): drop unused "header" parameter 2019-01-24 12:35:44 -08:00
cache-tree.c Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
cache-tree.h cache.h: flip NO_THE_INDEX_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS switch 2019-01-24 11:55:06 -08:00
cache.h Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
chdir-notify.c
chdir-notify.h
check-builtins.sh
check-racy.c
check_bindir
checkout.c
checkout.h
color.c
color.h
column.c column: drop unused "opts" parameter in item_length() 2019-01-24 12:35:44 -08:00
column.h
combine-diff.c Merge branch 'jk/diff-cc-stat-fixes' 2019-02-05 14:26:17 -08:00
command-list.txt Merge branch 'du/cherry-is-plumbing' into maint 2018-11-21 22:58:05 +09:00
commit-graph.c Merge branch 'ab/commit-graph-write-progress' 2019-02-05 14:26:14 -08:00
commit-graph.h Merge branch 'ab/commit-graph-write-progress' 2019-02-05 14:26:14 -08:00
commit-reach.c Merge branch 'sb/more-repo-in-api' 2019-02-05 14:26:09 -08:00
commit-reach.h Merge branch 'sb/more-repo-in-api' 2019-02-05 14:26:09 -08:00
commit-slab-decl.h
commit-slab-impl.h
commit-slab.h
commit.c Merge branch 'sb/more-repo-in-api' 2019-02-05 14:26:09 -08:00
commit.h Merge branch 'sb/more-repo-in-api' 2019-02-05 14:26:09 -08:00
common-main.c
config.c config: drop unused parameter from maybe_remove_section() 2019-01-24 12:35:44 -08:00
config.h index: make index.threads=true enable ieot and eoie 2018-11-21 16:46:54 +09:00
config.mak.dev Merge branch 'jk/dev-build-format-security' 2019-01-18 13:49:55 -08:00
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname mingw: allow building with an MSYS2 runtime v3.x 2019-03-11 11:02:16 +09:00
configure.ac
connect.c pack-protocol.txt: accept error packets in any context 2019-01-02 13:05:30 -08:00
connect.h
connected.c
connected.h
convert.c Merge branch 'jk/unused-parameter-cleanup' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
convert.h
copy.c
COPYING
credential-cache--daemon.c style: the opening '{' of a function is in a separate line 2018-12-10 15:41:09 +09:00
credential-cache.c
credential-store.c
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c
date.c Merge branch 'lt/date-human' 2019-02-06 22:05:24 -08:00
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta-islands.c tree-walk: store object_id in a separate member 2019-01-15 09:57:41 -08:00
delta-islands.h
delta.h
detect-compiler
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c
diff-no-index.c
diff.c Merge branch 'jk/diff-cc-stat-fixes' 2019-02-05 14:26:17 -08:00
diff.h Merge branch 'sb/diff-color-moved-config-option-fixup' 2019-01-14 15:29:31 -08:00
diffcore-break.c
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index' into md/list-objects-filter-by-depth 2019-01-15 15:38:29 -08:00
diffcore-rename.c
diffcore.h
dir-iterator.c
dir-iterator.h
dir.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
dir.h
editor.c
entry.c Merge branch 'nd/checkout-noisy' 2019-01-14 15:29:29 -08:00
environment.c Merge branch 'jk/save-getenv-result' 2019-01-29 12:47:54 -08:00
exec-cmd.c
exec-cmd.h
fast-import.c Merge branch 'en/fast-export-import' 2019-01-04 13:33:33 -08:00
fetch-negotiator.c
fetch-negotiator.h
fetch-object.c
fetch-object.h
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'bc/fetch-pack-clear-alternate-shallow' 2019-02-06 22:05:30 -08:00
fetch-pack.h
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c tree-walk: store object_id in a separate member 2019-01-15 09:57:41 -08:00
fsck.h
fsmonitor.c
fsmonitor.h
fuzz-commit-graph.c fuzz-commit-graph: initialize repo object 2019-02-07 13:02:26 -08:00
fuzz-pack-headers.c
fuzz-pack-idx.c
generate-cmdlist.sh
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh bisect--helper: bisect_start shell function partially in C 2019-01-02 10:23:03 -08:00
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'nd/fileno-may-be-macro' 2019-02-13 18:18:41 -08:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl
git-difftool--helper.sh
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh git-instaweb: add Python builtin http.server support 2019-01-28 10:57:44 -08:00
git-legacy-rebase.sh Merge branch 'js/rebase-i-redo-exec-fix' 2019-02-08 20:44:52 -08:00
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh
git-mergetool.sh
git-p4.py Merge branch 'ld/git-p4-shelve-update-fix' 2019-02-05 14:26:10 -08:00
git-parse-remote.sh
git-quiltimport.sh git-quiltimport: add --keep-non-patch option 2019-01-07 15:29:34 -08:00
git-rebase--am.sh rebase: define linearization ordering and enforce it 2018-12-28 12:49:48 -08:00
git-rebase--common.sh Merge branch 'en/rebase-merge-on-sequencer' 2019-02-06 22:05:20 -08:00
git-rebase--preserve-merges.sh
git-remote-testgit.sh
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh
git-stash.sh
git-submodule.sh submodule: refuse to add repository with no commits 2019-04-10 12:52:48 +09:00
git-svn.perl
GIT-VERSION-GEN Git 2.21 2019-02-24 07:55:19 -08:00
git-web--browse.sh
git.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
git.rc
gpg-interface.c
gpg-interface.h
graph.c Merge branch 'np/log-graph-octopus-fix' into maint 2018-11-21 22:57:49 +09:00
graph.h
grep.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index' into md/list-objects-filter-by-depth 2019-01-15 15:38:29 -08:00
grep.h
hash.h
hashmap.c
hashmap.h
help.c help: align the longest command in the command listing 2019-01-31 15:27:35 -08:00
help.h help.h: fix coding style 2018-12-12 17:18:29 +09:00
hex.c
http-backend.c Merge branch 'mk/http-backend-kill-children-before-exit' 2019-01-04 13:33:35 -08:00
http-fetch.c
http-push.c Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
http-walker.c convert has_sha1_file() callers to has_object_file() 2019-01-08 09:41:06 -08:00
http.c Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
http.h Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
ident.c
imap-send.c Merge branch 'nd/imap-send-typofix' 2019-02-12 09:00:25 -08:00
INSTALL
interdiff.c
interdiff.h
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 Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
list-objects-filter-options.h filter-options: expand scaled numbers 2019-01-15 15:42:31 -08:00
list-objects-filter.c tree:<depth>: skip some trees even when collecting omits 2019-01-15 15:39:34 -08:00
list-objects-filter.h
list-objects.c Merge branch 'ds/push-sparse-tree-walk' 2019-02-06 22:05:25 -08:00
list-objects.h list-objects: consume sparse tree walk 2019-01-17 13:44:39 -08:00
list.h
ll-merge.c Merge branch 'en/merge-path-collision' 2019-01-04 13:33:32 -08:00
ll-merge.h Merge branch 'en/merge-path-collision' 2019-01-04 13:33:32 -08:00
lockfile.c
lockfile.h
log-tree.c log: add %S option (like --source) to log --format 2019-01-11 10:28:11 -08:00
log-tree.h
ls-refs.c Merge branch 'jt/namespaced-ls-refs-fix' 2019-02-05 14:26:15 -08:00
ls-refs.h
mailinfo.c
mailinfo.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
Makefile tests: teach the test-tool to generate NUL bytes and use it 2019-02-19 10:22:21 -08:00
match-trees.c Merge branch 'jk/unused-parameter-cleanup' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
mem-pool.c
mem-pool.h
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
merge-recursive.h merge-recursive.c: remove implicit dependency on the_index 2019-01-14 12:13:04 -08:00
merge.c read-cache.c: kill read_index() 2019-01-14 12:13:04 -08:00
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
midx.c Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache' 2019-01-04 13:33:32 -08:00
midx.h
name-hash.c cache.h: flip NO_THE_INDEX_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS switch 2019-01-24 11:55:06 -08:00
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c notes-utils.c: remove the_repository references 2019-01-14 12:13:04 -08:00
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c notes-utils.c: remove the_repository references 2019-01-14 12:13:04 -08:00
notes-utils.h notes-utils.c: remove the_repository references 2019-01-14 12:13:04 -08:00
notes.c tree-walk: store object_id in a separate member 2019-01-15 09:57:41 -08:00
notes.h
object-store.h Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
object.c object: fix leak of shallow_stat 2019-02-07 13:02:28 -08:00
object.h
oidmap.c
oidmap.h
oidset.c
oidset.h
pack-bitmap-write.c
pack-bitmap.c
pack-bitmap.h
pack-check.c
pack-objects.c Merge branch 'ph/pack-objects-mutex-fix' 2019-02-05 14:26:16 -08:00
pack-objects.h Merge branch 'ph/pack-objects-mutex-fix' 2019-02-05 14:26:16 -08:00
pack-revindex.c various: tighten constness of some local variables 2019-02-04 09:57:10 -08:00
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c
pack.h
packfile.c Merge branch 'sb/more-repo-in-api' 2019-02-05 14:26:09 -08:00
packfile.h Merge branch 'sb/more-repo-in-api' 2019-02-05 14:26:09 -08:00
pager.c
parse-options-cb.c Merge branch 'nd/i18n' 2019-01-04 13:33:31 -08:00
parse-options.c Merge branch 'nd/indentation-fix' 2019-01-14 15:29:32 -08:00
parse-options.h Merge branch 'nd/indentation-fix' 2019-01-14 15:29:32 -08:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c
patch-ids.h
path.c Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache' 2019-01-04 13:33:32 -08:00
path.h path.h: make REPO_GIT_PATH_FUNC repository agnostic 2018-12-28 10:06:33 -08:00
pathspec.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c {fetch,upload}-pack: sideband v2 fetch response 2019-01-17 11:25:07 -08:00
pkt-line.h {fetch,upload}-pack: sideband v2 fetch response 2019-01-17 11:25:07 -08:00
preload-index.c read-cache.c: kill read_index() 2019-01-14 12:13:04 -08:00
pretty.c Merge branch 'sb/more-repo-in-api' 2019-02-05 14:26:09 -08:00
pretty.h Merge branch 'sb/more-repo-in-api' 2019-02-05 14:26:09 -08:00
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c
progress.h
prompt.c
prompt.h
protocol.c
protocol.h
quote.c Indent code with TABs 2018-12-09 12:37:32 +09:00
quote.h
range-diff.c format-patch: do not let its diff-options affect --range-diff 2018-11-30 13:47:55 +09:00
range-diff.h format-patch: do not let its diff-options affect --range-diff 2018-11-30 13:47:55 +09:00
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'jk/add-ignore-errors-bit-assignment-fix' 2019-02-06 22:05:31 -08:00
README.md README: adjust for final Azure Pipeline ID 2019-02-23 21:27:04 -08:00
rebase-interactive.c
rebase-interactive.h
ref-filter.c Merge branch 'ot/ref-filter-object-info' 2019-01-18 13:49:56 -08:00
ref-filter.h
reflog-walk.c
reflog-walk.h
refs.c convert has_sha1_file() callers to has_object_file() 2019-01-08 09:41:06 -08:00
refs.h Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph-with-grafts' into maint 2018-11-21 22:57:47 +09:00
refspec.c
refspec.h
RelNotes Prepare for 2.21 cycle to start soonish 2018-12-15 12:36:06 +09:00
remote-curl.c remote-curl: tighten "version 2" check for smart-http 2019-02-06 12:20:22 -08:00
remote-testsvn.c
remote.c Merge branch 'jk/remote-insteadof-cleanup' 2019-01-29 12:47:55 -08:00
remote.h
replace-object.c Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph-with-grafts' into maint 2018-11-21 22:57:47 +09:00
replace-object.h
repository.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
repository.h Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
rerere.c read-cache.c: kill read_index() 2019-01-14 12:13:04 -08:00
rerere.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'ds/push-sparse-tree-walk' 2019-02-06 22:05:25 -08:00
revision.h Merge branch 'ds/push-sparse-tree-walk' 2019-02-06 22:05:25 -08:00
run-command.c Merge branch 'jc/run-command-report-exec-failure-fix' into maint 2018-12-15 12:24:34 +09:00
run-command.h
send-pack.c Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c Merge branch 'rj/sequencer-sign-off-header-static' 2019-02-13 18:18:41 -08:00
sequencer.h Merge branch 'rj/sequencer-sign-off-header-static' 2019-02-13 18:18:41 -08:00
serve.c pack-protocol.txt: accept error packets in any context 2019-01-02 13:05:30 -08:00
serve.h
server-info.c
setup.c Merge branch 'js/abspath-part-inside-repo' 2019-02-05 14:26:15 -08:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c
sha1-array.c sha1-array: provide oid_array_filter 2018-12-05 11:42:31 +09:00
sha1-array.h sha1-array: provide oid_array_filter 2018-12-05 11:42:31 +09:00
sha1-file.c Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
sha1-lookup.c
sha1-lookup.h
sha1-name.c get_oid_with_context(): match prototype and implementation 2019-02-12 10:14:56 -08:00
sha1dc_git.c
sha1dc_git.h
shallow.c fetch-pack: do not take shallow lock unnecessarily 2019-01-10 14:53:35 -08:00
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c Merge branch 'jt/fetch-v2-sideband' 2019-02-05 14:26:11 -08:00
sideband.h {fetch,upload}-pack: sideband v2 fetch response 2019-01-17 11:25:07 -08:00
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
split-index.c
split-index.h
strbuf.c
strbuf.h
streaming.c Merge branch 'jk/loose-object-cache-oid' 2019-02-06 22:05:27 -08:00
streaming.h
string-list.c style: the opening '{' of a function is in a separate line 2018-12-10 15:41:09 +09:00
string-list.h
sub-process.c
sub-process.h
submodule-config.c
submodule-config.h
submodule.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
submodule.h submodule: unset core.worktree if no working tree is present 2018-12-26 10:21:02 -08:00
symlinks.c Indent code with TABs 2018-12-09 12:37:32 +09:00
tag.c
tag.h
tar.h
tempfile.c
tempfile.h Merge branch 'jk/reopen-tempfile-truncate' into maint 2018-11-21 22:57:43 +09:00
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
tmp-objdir.c
tmp-objdir.h
trace.c
trace.h
trailer.c
trailer.h Merge branch 'jk/trailer-fixes' into maint 2018-11-21 22:57:42 +09:00
transport-helper.c Merge branch 'js/filter-options-should-use-plain-int' 2019-02-05 14:26:10 -08:00
transport-internal.h
transport.c Merge branch 'ms/packet-err-check' into jt/fetch-v2-sideband 2019-01-14 11:16:04 -08:00
transport.h
tree-diff.c Merge branch 'bc/tree-walk-oid' 2019-01-29 12:47:56 -08:00
tree-walk.c Merge branch 'dt/cat-file-batch-ambiguous' 2019-02-06 22:05:21 -08:00
tree-walk.h Merge branch 'dt/cat-file-batch-ambiguous' 2019-02-06 22:05:21 -08:00
tree.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
tree.h
unicode-width.h
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index-final' 2019-02-06 22:05:23 -08:00
unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'jt/fetch-v2-sideband' 2019-02-05 14:26:11 -08:00
upload-pack.h
url.c style: the opening '{' of a function is in a separate line 2018-12-10 15:41:09 +09:00
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c Merge branch 'nd/style-opening-brace' 2019-01-18 13:49:52 -08:00
userdiff.h
utf8.c utf8: handle systems that don't write BOM for UTF-16 2019-02-11 18:20:07 -08:00
utf8.h Support working-tree-encoding "UTF-16LE-BOM" 2019-01-31 10:27:52 -08:00
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c
walker.c tree-walk: store object_id in a separate member 2019-01-15 09:57:41 -08:00
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c
worktree.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c wrapper: move is_empty_file() and rename it as is_empty_or_missing_file() 2019-01-02 10:23:02 -08:00
write-or-die.c
ws.c
wt-status.c Merge branch 'nd/the-index' into md/list-objects-filter-by-depth 2019-01-15 15:38:29 -08:00
wt-status.h
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h
zlib.c

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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