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We allow UNINTERESTING objects in a traversal to be unavailable. As part of this, mark_parents_uninteresting() checks whether we have a particular uninteresting parent; if not, we will mark it as "parsed" so that later code skips it. This code is redundant and even a little bit harmful, so let's drop it. It's redundant because when our parse_object() call in add_parents_to_list() fails, we already quietly skip UNINTERESTING parents. This redundancy is a historical artifact. The mark_parents_uninteresting() protection is from454fbbcde3(git-rev-list: allow missing objects when the parent is marked UNINTERESTING, 2005-07-10). Much later,aeeae1b771(revision traversal: allow UNINTERESTING objects to be missing, 2009-01-27) covered more cases by making the actual parse more gentle. As an aside, even if this weren't redundant, it would be insufficient. The gentle parsing handles both missing and corrupted objects, whereas the has_object_file() check we're getting rid of covers only missing ones. And the code we're dropping is harmful for two reasons: 1. We spend extra time on the object lookup, even though we don't actually need the information at this point (and will just repeat that lookup later when we parse for the common case that we _do_ have the object). 2. It "lies" about the commit by setting the parsed flag, even though we didn't load any useful data into the struct. This shouldn't matter for the UNINTERESTING case, but we may later clear our flags and do another traversal in the same process. While pretty unlikely, it's possible that we could then look at the same commit without the UNINTERESTING flag, in which case we'd produce the wrong result (we'd think it's a commit with no parents, when in fact we should probably die due to the missing object). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> 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