The http-walker may fetch the http-alternates (or alternates) file from a remote in order to find more objects. This should count as a "not from the user" use of the protocol. But because we implement the redirection ourselves and feed the new URL to curl, it will use the CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS rules, not the more restrictive CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS. The ideal solution would be for each curl request we make to know whether or not is directly from the user or part of an alternates redirect, and then set CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS as appropriate. However, that would require plumbing that information through all of the various layers of the http code. Instead, let's check the protocol at the source: when we are parsing the remote http-alternates file. The only downside is that if there's any mismatch between what protocol we think it is versus what curl thinks it is, it could violate the policy. To address this, we'll make the parsing err on the picky side, and only allow protocols that it can parse definitively. So for example, you can't elude the "http" policy by asking for "HTTP://", even though curl might handle it; we would reject it as unknown. The only unsafe case would be if you have a URL that starts with "http://" but curl interprets as another protocol. That seems like an unlikely failure mode (and we are still protected by our base CURLOPT_PROTOCOL setting, so the worst you could do is trigger one of https, ftp, or ftps). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> 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 http://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 http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.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