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Single quotes should be escaped as \' not \\'. The bad quoting breaks the interactive version of 'rebase --root' (which is used when there is no '--onto' even if the user does not specify --interactive) for authors that contain "'" as sq_dequote() called by read_author_ident() errors out on the bad quoting. For other interactive rebases this only affects external scripts that read the author script and users whose git is upgraded from the shell version of rebase -i while rebase was stopped when the author contains "'". This is because the parsing in read_env_script() expected the broken quoting. This patch includes code to handle the broken quoting when git has been upgraded while rebase was stopped. It does this by detecting the missing "'" at the end of the GIT_AUTHOR_DATE line to see if it should dequote \\' as "'". Note this is only implemented for normal picks, not for creating a new root commit (rebase will stop with an error complaining out bad quoting in that case). The fallback code has been manually tested by reverting both the quoting fixes in write_author_script() and the previous fix for the missing "'" at the end of the GIT_AUTHOR_DATE line and running t3404-rebase-interactive.sh. Ideally rebase and am would share the same code for reading and writing the author script, but this commit just fixes the immediate bug. Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Helped-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> 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.
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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).
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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