6 git - the stupid content tracker
12 'git' [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>]
13 [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
14 [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
15 [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
20 Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
21 unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
22 and full access to internals.
24 See linkgit:gittutorial[7] to get started, then see
25 linkgit:giteveryday[7] for a useful minimum set of
26 commands. The link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] has a more
27 in-depth introduction.
29 After you mastered the basic concepts, you can come back to this
30 page to learn what commands Git offers. You can learn more about
31 individual Git commands with "git help command". linkgit:gitcli[7]
32 manual page gives you an overview of the command-line command syntax.
34 Formatted and hyperlinked version of the latest Git documentation
35 can be viewed at `http://git-htmldocs.googlecode.com/git/git.html`.
41 You are reading the documentation for the latest (possibly
42 unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master'
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476 link:RelNotes/1.5.0.5.txt[1.5.0.5],
477 link:RelNotes/1.5.0.3.txt[1.5.0.3],
478 link:RelNotes/1.5.0.2.txt[1.5.0.2],
479 link:RelNotes/1.5.0.1.txt[1.5.0.1],
480 link:RelNotes/1.5.0.txt[1.5.0].
482 * documentation for release link:v1.4.4.4/git.html[1.4.4.4],
483 link:v1.3.3/git.html[1.3.3],
484 link:v1.2.6/git.html[1.2.6],
485 link:v1.0.13/git.html[1.0.13].
494 Prints the Git suite version that the 'git' program came from.
497 Prints the synopsis and a list of the most commonly used
498 commands. If the option '--all' or '-a' is given then all
499 available commands are printed. If a Git command is named this
500 option will bring up the manual page for that command.
502 Other options are available to control how the manual page is
503 displayed. See linkgit:git-help[1] for more information,
504 because `git --help ...` is converted internally into `git
508 Run as if git was started in '<path>' instead of the current working
509 directory. When multiple `-C` options are given, each subsequent
510 non-absolute `-C <path>` is interpreted relative to the preceding `-C
513 This option affects options that expect path name like `--git-dir` and
514 `--work-tree` in that their interpretations of the path names would be
515 made relative to the working directory caused by the `-C` option. For
516 example the following invocations are equivalent:
518 git --git-dir=a.git --work-tree=b -C c status
519 git --git-dir=c/a.git --work-tree=c/b status
522 Pass a configuration parameter to the command. The value
523 given will override values from configuration files.
524 The <name> is expected in the same format as listed by
525 'git config' (subkeys separated by dots).
527 Note that omitting the `=` in `git -c foo.bar ...` is allowed and sets
528 `foo.bar` to the boolean true value (just like `[foo]bar` would in a
529 config file). Including the equals but with an empty value (like `git -c
530 foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string.
532 --exec-path[=<path>]::
533 Path to wherever your core Git programs are installed.
534 This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_EXEC_PATH
535 environment variable. If no path is given, 'git' will print
536 the current setting and then exit.
539 Print the path, without trailing slash, where Git's HTML
540 documentation is installed and exit.
543 Print the manpath (see `man(1)`) for the man pages for
544 this version of Git and exit.
547 Print the path where the Info files documenting this
548 version of Git are installed and exit.
552 Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER) if standard
553 output is a terminal. This overrides the `pager.<cmd>`
554 configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section
558 Do not pipe Git output into a pager.
561 Set the path to the repository. This can also be controlled by
562 setting the GIT_DIR environment variable. It can be an absolute
563 path or relative path to current working directory.
566 Set the path to the working tree. It can be an absolute path
567 or a path relative to the current working directory.
568 This can also be controlled by setting the GIT_WORK_TREE
569 environment variable and the core.worktree configuration
570 variable (see core.worktree in linkgit:git-config[1] for a
571 more detailed discussion).
574 Set the Git namespace. See linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for more
575 details. Equivalent to setting the `GIT_NAMESPACE` environment
579 Treat the repository as a bare repository. If GIT_DIR
580 environment is not set, it is set to the current working
583 --no-replace-objects::
584 Do not use replacement refs to replace Git objects. See
585 linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information.
587 --literal-pathspecs::
588 Treat pathspecs literally (i.e. no globbing, no pathspec magic).
589 This is equivalent to setting the `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS` environment
593 Add "glob" magic to all pathspec. This is equivalent to setting
594 the `GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS` environment variable to `1`. Disabling
595 globbing on individual pathspecs can be done using pathspec
599 Add "literal" magic to all pathspec. This is equivalent to setting
600 the `GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS` environment variable to `1`. Enabling
601 globbing on individual pathspecs can be done using pathspec
605 Add "icase" magic to all pathspec. This is equivalent to setting
606 the `GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS` environment variable to `1`.
611 We divide Git into high level ("porcelain") commands and low level
612 ("plumbing") commands.
614 High-level commands (porcelain)
615 -------------------------------
617 We separate the porcelain commands into the main commands and some
618 ancillary user utilities.
620 Main porcelain commands
621 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
623 include::cmds-mainporcelain.txt[]
629 include::cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt[]
633 include::cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt[]
636 Interacting with Others
637 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
639 These commands are to interact with foreign SCM and with other
640 people via patch over e-mail.
642 include::cmds-foreignscminterface.txt[]
645 Low-level commands (plumbing)
646 -----------------------------
648 Although Git includes its
649 own porcelain layer, its low-level commands are sufficient to support
650 development of alternative porcelains. Developers of such porcelains
651 might start by reading about linkgit:git-update-index[1] and
652 linkgit:git-read-tree[1].
654 The interface (input, output, set of options and the semantics)
655 to these low-level commands are meant to be a lot more stable
656 than Porcelain level commands, because these commands are
657 primarily for scripted use. The interface to Porcelain commands
658 on the other hand are subject to change in order to improve the
661 The following description divides
662 the low-level commands into commands that manipulate objects (in
663 the repository, index, and working tree), commands that interrogate and
664 compare objects, and commands that move objects and references between
668 Manipulation commands
669 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
671 include::cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt[]
674 Interrogation commands
675 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
677 include::cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt[]
679 In general, the interrogate commands do not touch the files in
683 Synching repositories
684 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
686 include::cmds-synchingrepositories.txt[]
688 The following are helper commands used by the above; end users
689 typically do not use them directly.
691 include::cmds-synchelpers.txt[]
694 Internal helper commands
695 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
697 These are internal helper commands used by other commands; end
698 users typically do not use them directly.
700 include::cmds-purehelpers.txt[]
703 Configuration Mechanism
704 -----------------------
706 Git uses a simple text format to store customizations that are per
707 repository and are per user. Such a configuration file may look
712 # A '#' or ';' character indicates a comment.
717 ; Don't trust file modes
722 name = "Junio C Hamano"
723 email = "gitster@pobox.com"
727 Various commands read from the configuration file and adjust
728 their operation accordingly. See linkgit:git-config[1] for a
729 list and more details about the configuration mechanism.
732 Identifier Terminology
733 ----------------------
735 Indicates the object name for any type of object.
738 Indicates a blob object name.
741 Indicates a tree object name.
744 Indicates a commit object name.
747 Indicates a tree, commit or tag object name. A
748 command that takes a <tree-ish> argument ultimately wants to
749 operate on a <tree> object but automatically dereferences
750 <commit> and <tag> objects that point at a <tree>.
753 Indicates a commit or tag object name. A
754 command that takes a <commit-ish> argument ultimately wants to
755 operate on a <commit> object but automatically dereferences
756 <tag> objects that point at a <commit>.
759 Indicates that an object type is required.
760 Currently one of: `blob`, `tree`, `commit`, or `tag`.
763 Indicates a filename - almost always relative to the
764 root of the tree structure `GIT_INDEX_FILE` describes.
768 Any Git command accepting any <object> can also use the following
772 indicates the head of the current branch.
776 (i.e. a `refs/tags/<tag>` reference).
780 (i.e. a `refs/heads/<head>` reference).
782 For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
783 "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
786 File/Directory Structure
787 ------------------------
789 Please see the linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] document.
791 Read linkgit:githooks[5] for more details about each hook.
793 Higher level SCMs may provide and manage additional information in the
799 Please see linkgit:gitglossary[7].
802 Environment Variables
803 ---------------------
804 Various Git commands use the following environment variables:
808 These environment variables apply to 'all' core Git commands. Nb: it
809 is worth noting that they may be used/overridden by SCMS sitting above
810 Git so take care if using a foreign front-end.
813 This environment allows the specification of an alternate
814 index file. If not specified, the default of `$GIT_DIR/index`
817 'GIT_INDEX_VERSION'::
818 This environment variable allows the specification of an index
819 version for new repositories. It won't affect existing index
820 files. By default index file version 2 or 3 is used. See
821 linkgit:git-update-index[1] for more information.
823 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY'::
824 If the object storage directory is specified via this
825 environment variable then the sha1 directories are created
826 underneath - otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects`
829 'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES'::
830 Due to the immutable nature of Git objects, old objects can be
831 archived into shared, read-only directories. This variable
832 specifies a ":" separated (on Windows ";" separated) list
833 of Git object directories which can be used to search for Git
834 objects. New objects will not be written to these directories.
837 If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it
838 specifies a path to use instead of the default `.git`
839 for the base of the repository.
840 The '--git-dir' command-line option also sets this value.
843 Set the path to the root of the working tree.
844 This can also be controlled by the '--work-tree' command-line
845 option and the core.worktree configuration variable.
848 Set the Git namespace; see linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for details.
849 The '--namespace' command-line option also sets this value.
851 'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES'::
852 This should be a colon-separated list of absolute paths. If
853 set, it is a list of directories that Git should not chdir up
854 into while looking for a repository directory (useful for
855 excluding slow-loading network directories). It will not
856 exclude the current working directory or a GIT_DIR set on the
857 command line or in the environment. Normally, Git has to read
858 the entries in this list and resolve any symlink that
859 might be present in order to compare them with the current
860 directory. However, if even this access is slow, you
861 can add an empty entry to the list to tell Git that the
862 subsequent entries are not symlinks and needn't be resolved;
864 'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=/maybe/symlink::/very/slow/non/symlink'.
866 'GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM'::
867 When run in a directory that does not have ".git" repository
868 directory, Git tries to find such a directory in the parent
869 directories to find the top of the working tree, but by default it
870 does not cross filesystem boundaries. This environment variable
871 can be set to true to tell Git not to stop at filesystem
872 boundaries. Like 'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES', this will not affect
873 an explicit repository directory set via 'GIT_DIR' or on the
877 If this variable is set to a path, non-worktree files that are
878 normally in $GIT_DIR will be taken from this path
879 instead. Worktree-specific files such as HEAD or index are
880 taken from $GIT_DIR. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5] and
881 linkgit:git-worktree[1] for
882 details. This variable has lower precedence than other path
883 variables such as GIT_INDEX_FILE, GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY...
890 'GIT_COMMITTER_NAME'::
891 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'::
892 'GIT_COMMITTER_DATE'::
894 see linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]
899 Only valid setting is "--unified=??" or "-u??" to set the
900 number of context lines shown when a unified diff is created.
901 This takes precedence over any "-U" or "--unified" option
902 value passed on the Git diff command line.
904 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF'::
905 When the environment variable 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is set, the
906 program named by it is called, instead of the diff invocation
907 described above. For a path that is added, removed, or modified,
908 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is called with 7 parameters:
910 path old-file old-hex old-mode new-file new-hex new-mode
914 <old|new>-file:: are files GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF can use to read the
915 contents of <old|new>,
916 <old|new>-hex:: are the 40-hexdigit SHA-1 hashes,
917 <old|new>-mode:: are the octal representation of the file modes.
919 The file parameters can point at the user's working file
920 (e.g. `new-file` in "git-diff-files"), `/dev/null` (e.g. `old-file`
921 when a new file is added), or a temporary file (e.g. `old-file` in the
922 index). 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' should not worry about unlinking the
923 temporary file --- it is removed when 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' exits.
925 For a path that is unmerged, 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is called with 1
928 For each path 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is called, two environment variables,
929 'GIT_DIFF_PATH_COUNTER' and 'GIT_DIFF_PATH_TOTAL' are set.
931 'GIT_DIFF_PATH_COUNTER'::
932 A 1-based counter incremented by one for every path.
934 'GIT_DIFF_PATH_TOTAL'::
935 The total number of paths.
939 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY'::
940 A number controlling the amount of output shown by
941 the recursive merge strategy. Overrides merge.verbosity.
942 See linkgit:git-merge[1]
945 This environment variable overrides `$PAGER`. If it is set
946 to an empty string or to the value "cat", Git will not launch
947 a pager. See also the `core.pager` option in
948 linkgit:git-config[1].
951 This environment variable overrides `$EDITOR` and `$VISUAL`.
952 It is used by several Git commands when, on interactive mode,
953 an editor is to be launched. See also linkgit:git-var[1]
954 and the `core.editor` option in linkgit:git-config[1].
958 If either of these environment variables is set then 'git fetch'
959 and 'git push' will use the specified command instead of 'ssh'
960 when they need to connect to a remote system.
961 The command will be given exactly two or four arguments: the
962 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the shell
963 command to execute on that remote system, optionally preceded by
964 '-p' (literally) and the 'port' from the URL when it specifies
965 something other than the default SSH port.
967 `$GIT_SSH_COMMAND` takes precedence over `$GIT_SSH`, and is interpreted
968 by the shell, which allows additional arguments to be included.
969 `$GIT_SSH` on the other hand must be just the path to a program
970 (which can be a wrapper shell script, if additional arguments are
973 Usually it is easier to configure any desired options through your
974 personal `.ssh/config` file. Please consult your ssh documentation
978 If this environment variable is set, then Git commands which need to
979 acquire passwords or passphrases (e.g. for HTTP or IMAP authentication)
980 will call this program with a suitable prompt as command-line argument
981 and read the password from its STDOUT. See also the 'core.askPass'
982 option in linkgit:git-config[1].
984 'GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT'::
985 If this environment variable is set to `0`, git will not prompt
986 on the terminal (e.g., when asking for HTTP authentication).
988 'GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM'::
989 Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide
990 `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` file. This environment variable can
991 be used along with `$HOME` and `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` to create a
992 predictable environment for a picky script, or you can set it
993 temporarily to avoid using a buggy `/etc/gitconfig` file while
994 waiting for someone with sufficient permissions to fix it.
997 If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such
998 as 'git blame' (in incremental mode), 'git rev-list', 'git log',
999 'git check-attr' and 'git check-ignore' will
1000 force a flush of the output stream after each record have been
1002 variable is set to "0", the output of these commands will be done
1003 using completely buffered I/O. If this environment variable is
1004 not set, Git will choose buffered or record-oriented flushing
1005 based on whether stdout appears to be redirected to a file or not.
1008 Enables general trace messages, e.g. alias expansion, built-in
1009 command execution and external command execution.
1011 If this variable is set to "1", "2" or "true" (comparison
1012 is case insensitive), trace messages will be printed to
1015 If the variable is set to an integer value greater than 2
1016 and lower than 10 (strictly) then Git will interpret this
1017 value as an open file descriptor and will try to write the
1018 trace messages into this file descriptor.
1020 Alternatively, if the variable is set to an absolute path
1021 (starting with a '/' character), Git will interpret this
1022 as a file path and will try to write the trace messages
1025 Unsetting the variable, or setting it to empty, "0" or
1026 "false" (case insensitive) disables trace messages.
1028 'GIT_TRACE_PACK_ACCESS'::
1029 Enables trace messages for all accesses to any packs. For each
1030 access, the pack file name and an offset in the pack is
1031 recorded. This may be helpful for troubleshooting some
1032 pack-related performance problems.
1033 See 'GIT_TRACE' for available trace output options.
1035 'GIT_TRACE_PACKET'::
1036 Enables trace messages for all packets coming in or out of a
1037 given program. This can help with debugging object negotiation
1038 or other protocol issues. Tracing is turned off at a packet
1039 starting with "PACK" (but see 'GIT_TRACE_PACKFILE' below).
1040 See 'GIT_TRACE' for available trace output options.
1042 'GIT_TRACE_PACKFILE'::
1043 Enables tracing of packfiles sent or received by a
1044 given program. Unlike other trace output, this trace is
1045 verbatim: no headers, and no quoting of binary data. You almost
1046 certainly want to direct into a file (e.g.,
1047 `GIT_TRACE_PACKFILE=/tmp/my.pack`) rather than displaying it on
1048 the terminal or mixing it with other trace output.
1050 Note that this is currently only implemented for the client side
1051 of clones and fetches.
1053 'GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE'::
1054 Enables performance related trace messages, e.g. total execution
1055 time of each Git command.
1056 See 'GIT_TRACE' for available trace output options.
1059 Enables trace messages printing the .git, working tree and current
1060 working directory after Git has completed its setup phase.
1061 See 'GIT_TRACE' for available trace output options.
1063 'GIT_TRACE_SHALLOW'::
1064 Enables trace messages that can help debugging fetching /
1065 cloning of shallow repositories.
1066 See 'GIT_TRACE' for available trace output options.
1068 'GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS'::
1069 Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all
1070 pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. For example,
1071 running `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS=1 git log -- '*.c'` will search
1072 for commits that touch the path `*.c`, not any paths that the
1073 glob `*.c` matches. You might want this if you are feeding
1074 literal paths to Git (e.g., paths previously given to you by
1075 `git ls-tree`, `--raw` diff output, etc).
1077 'GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS'::
1078 Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all
1079 pathspecs as glob patterns (aka "glob" magic).
1081 'GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS'::
1082 Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all
1083 pathspecs as literal (aka "literal" magic).
1085 'GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS'::
1086 Setting this variable to `1` will cause Git to treat all
1087 pathspecs as case-insensitive.
1089 'GIT_REFLOG_ACTION'::
1090 When a ref is updated, reflog entries are created to keep
1091 track of the reason why the ref was updated (which is
1092 typically the name of the high-level command that updated
1093 the ref), in addition to the old and new values of the ref.
1094 A scripted Porcelain command can use set_reflog_action
1095 helper function in `git-sh-setup` to set its name to this
1096 variable when it is invoked as the top level command by the
1097 end user, to be recorded in the body of the reflog.
1099 'GIT_REF_PARANOIA'::
1100 If set to `1`, include broken or badly named refs when iterating
1101 over lists of refs. In a normal, non-corrupted repository, this
1102 does nothing. However, enabling it may help git to detect and
1103 abort some operations in the presence of broken refs. Git sets
1104 this variable automatically when performing destructive
1105 operations like linkgit:git-prune[1]. You should not need to set
1106 it yourself unless you want to be paranoid about making sure
1107 an operation has touched every ref (e.g., because you are
1108 cloning a repository to make a backup).
1110 'GIT_ALLOW_PROTOCOL'::
1111 If set, provide a colon-separated list of protocols which are
1112 allowed to be used with fetch/push/clone. This is useful to
1113 restrict recursive submodule initialization from an untrusted
1114 repository. Any protocol not mentioned will be disallowed (i.e.,
1115 this is a whitelist, not a blacklist). If the variable is not
1116 set at all, all protocols are enabled. The protocol names
1117 currently used by git are:
1119 - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs,
1122 - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP
1123 connection (or proxy, if configured)
1125 - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax,
1128 - `rsync`: git over rsync
1130 - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http".
1131 Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want both,
1132 you should specify both as `http:https`.
1134 - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use
1135 `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper)
1138 Discussion[[Discussion]]
1139 ------------------------
1141 More detail on the following is available from the
1142 link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[Git concepts chapter of the
1143 user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7].
1145 A Git project normally consists of a working directory with a ".git"
1146 subdirectory at the top level. The .git directory contains, among other
1147 things, a compressed object database representing the complete history
1148 of the project, an "index" file which links that history to the current
1149 contents of the working tree, and named pointers into that history such
1150 as tags and branch heads.
1152 The object database contains objects of three main types: blobs, which
1153 hold file data; trees, which point to blobs and other trees to build up
1154 directory hierarchies; and commits, which each reference a single tree
1155 and some number of parent commits.
1157 The commit, equivalent to what other systems call a "changeset" or
1158 "version", represents a step in the project's history, and each parent
1159 represents an immediately preceding step. Commits with more than one
1160 parent represent merges of independent lines of development.
1162 All objects are named by the SHA-1 hash of their contents, normally
1163 written as a string of 40 hex digits. Such names are globally unique.
1164 The entire history leading up to a commit can be vouched for by signing
1165 just that commit. A fourth object type, the tag, is provided for this
1168 When first created, objects are stored in individual files, but for
1169 efficiency may later be compressed together into "pack files".
1171 Named pointers called refs mark interesting points in history. A ref
1172 may contain the SHA-1 name of an object or the name of another ref. Refs
1173 with names beginning `ref/head/` contain the SHA-1 name of the most
1174 recent commit (or "head") of a branch under development. SHA-1 names of
1175 tags of interest are stored under `ref/tags/`. A special ref named
1176 `HEAD` contains the name of the currently checked-out branch.
1178 The index file is initialized with a list of all paths and, for each
1179 path, a blob object and a set of attributes. The blob object represents
1180 the contents of the file as of the head of the current branch. The
1181 attributes (last modified time, size, etc.) are taken from the
1182 corresponding file in the working tree. Subsequent changes to the
1183 working tree can be found by comparing these attributes. The index may
1184 be updated with new content, and new commits may be created from the
1185 content stored in the index.
1187 The index is also capable of storing multiple entries (called "stages")
1188 for a given pathname. These stages are used to hold the various
1189 unmerged version of a file when a merge is in progress.
1191 FURTHER DOCUMENTATION
1192 ---------------------
1194 See the references in the "description" section to get started
1195 using Git. The following is probably more detail than necessary
1196 for a first-time user.
1198 The link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[Git concepts chapter of the
1199 user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] both provide
1200 introductions to the underlying Git architecture.
1202 See linkgit:gitworkflows[7] for an overview of recommended workflows.
1204 See also the link:howto-index.html[howto] documents for some useful
1207 The internals are documented in the
1208 link:technical/api-index.html[Git API documentation].
1210 Users migrating from CVS may also want to
1211 read linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7].
1216 Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio
1217 C Hamano. Numerous contributions have come from the Git mailing list
1218 <git@vger.kernel.org>. http://www.openhub.net/p/git/contributors/summary
1219 gives you a more complete list of contributors.
1221 If you have a clone of git.git itself, the
1222 output of linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1] can show you
1223 the authors for specific parts of the project.
1228 Report bugs to the Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org> where the
1229 development and maintenance is primarily done. You do not have to be
1230 subscribed to the list to send a message there.
1234 linkgit:gittutorial[7], linkgit:gittutorial-2[7],
1235 linkgit:giteveryday[7], linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7],
1236 linkgit:gitglossary[7], linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7],
1237 linkgit:gitcli[7], link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual],
1238 linkgit:gitworkflows[7]
1242 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite