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If the commit message does not need to be edited then create the commit without forking 'git commit'. Taking the best time of ten runs with a warm cache this reduces the time taken to cherry-pick 10 commits by 27% (from 282ms to 204ms), and the time taken by 'git rebase --continue' to pick 10 commits by 45% (from 386ms to 212ms) on my computer running linux. Some of greater saving for rebase is because it no longer wastes time creating the commit summary just to throw it away. The code to create the commit is based on builtin/commit.c. It is simplified as it doesn't have to deal with merges and modified so that it does not die but returns an error to make sure the sequencer exits cleanly, as it would when forking 'git commit' Even when not forking 'git commit' the commit message is written to a file and CHERRY_PICK_HEAD is created unnecessarily. This could be eliminated in future. I hacked up a version that does not write these files and just passed an strbuf (with the wrong message for fixup and squash commands) to do_commit() but I couldn't measure any significant time difference when running cherry-pick or rebase. I think eliminating the writes properly for rebase would require a bit of effort as the code would need to be restructured. Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> 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.
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-.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.
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